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                                    Late have I loved you,
                         O Beauty ever ancient, ever new,
                                     late have I loved you!

Frank La Rocca, Composer

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F E A T U R E D   R E V I E W S

"Frank La Rocca has composed perhaps the most significant Catholic composition of our lifetime."  (Mass of the Americas)

​Michael Olbash, Music Director at Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary

"The best liturgical composition for the Mass since Duruflé", Michael Linton, First Things

 

 

NEWS

NEW CD RECORDING FROM CAPPELLA RECORDS

featuring 

REQUIEM FOR THE FORGOTTEN

MESSE DES MALADES

Mass of the Americas - Extraordinary Form

is premiered to great acclaim:

 

New Liturgical Movement

The Catholic Thing

Aleteia

1 Peter 5

 

Full Playlist

 

Aue Maria (stunning video with boy soprano Anselm Decker )

 

Frank La Rocca begins 8th year as COMPOSER-IN-RESIDENCE at Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Liturgy.

Mass of the Americas CD recorded by multi-Grammy producer Blanton Alspaugh.  Release date September 23 - DEBUTS at #1 on Billboard

Traditional Classical chart.

 

 

  F E A T U R E D   EVENTS

FEB 07, 2026 • 11am 

 

MESSE DES MALADES

Cathedral Choir

Christ the Light, Oakland, CA

 

 

 

 

FEB 20, 2026 

 

MISERERE

Solemn Pontifical TLM

Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi

​San Francisco, CA

 

 

MAR 11, 2026 • 4pm

MASS OF THE AMERICAS

Ave Maria Basilica

Ave Maria, FL

MAY 17, 2026 • 3pm

MASS OF THE AMERICAS

St. Thomas Aquinas Chapel

University of St. Thomas

Twin Cities, MN

 

 

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