Return to Liturgical Glory?
How does an artist approach the annals of history, walk amongst the hallowed treasures of Western society, and dare to deposit a work which may
How does an artist approach the annals of history, walk amongst the hallowed treasures of Western society, and dare to deposit a work which may
I sat down with Benedict XVI Institute’s new composer-in-residence Frank La Rocca on a breezy San Francisco afternoon in late September to talk about the
Editor’s Note: This is the third part of a three-part profile of composer Frank La Rocca. The first part takes La Rocca from his Catholic
Recently the men’s schola of St. Patrick Church in Placerville made its debut at the Vigil of the Assumption. It was a newly scheduled Mass,
Editor’s Note: This is the second of a three-part series profiling Oakland composer Frank La Rocca. Part one, “Frank La Rocca’s Search for the Sacred,”
Editors’ note: This is the first of a three-part profile of Frank La Rocca, a composer who lives in the Bay Area. La Rocca also
The search for the sacred, from the composers’ point of view, often begins as a confluence of personal connections and practical need. Such is the
Late in February, I was set to travel to London for a performance of my motet, Ne Irascaris Domine, by the London Oratory School Schola
Eric Genuis has an amazing apostolate: bringing beauty to prisoners. A self-taught composer, he brings first-class musicians-lush violins and voices-to a darkened, harsh, inmate world. “There