Jul. 12—The choral music grapevine has exceedingly narrow roots. A couple of years ago, when Desert Chorale artistic director Joshua Habermann was doing due diligence, he discovered a composition that ...

On Friday, June 17, 2022, Frank A. La Rocca, loving father of two children, passed away at the age of 90. Frank was born on August 16th, 1931 in Staten Island, NY to Frank and Antoinette (Cirronello).

On May 19, at 11am at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco, Archbishop Cordileone will celebrate Mass--the world premiere of Frank La Rocca's Missa Pange Lingua: A Mass For ...

The World Day of the Sick, instituted in 1992 by Pope St. John Paul II, is always celebrated on or around the Feb. 11 feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes. The Order of Malta has a special charism toward ...

La Rocca is a prize-winning composer-in-residence at the Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Liturgy, an organization founded by Archbishop Cordileone. Richard Carrillo, composer of ...

It should come as no surprise that as the weather gets better, our calendars become more full. If there wasn’t so much to be done here at the Mercury, this round-up would be double what you see here ...