Frank La Rocca American Composer.

Life

Frank La Rocca was born in 1951 in New Jersey. He studied at Yale

Yale University

Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...

 and at the University of California at Berkeley

University of California, Berkeley

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. His early musical experiences ranged from classical piano to playing electronic keyboards in various rock and blues bands. He began composing at age 14. His teachers included Edwin Dugger, Olly Wilson

Olly Wilson

Olly Woodrow Wilson, Jr. is a prominent American composer of contemporary classical music, pianist, double bassist, and musicologist. He is one of the preeminent living composers of African American descent.-Life:...

, Andrew Imbrie

Andrew Imbrie

Andrew Welsh Imbrie was an American composer of contemporary classical music.-Career:Imbrie was born in New York on April 6, 1921, and began his musical training as a pianist when he was 4. In 1937, he went to Paris to study briefly with Nadia Boulanger...

, Jonathan Kramer, Frank Lewin and John Mauceri. He has received grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts and the California Arts Council, and a Young Composers Award from ASCAP.

La Rocca has been awarded several times for outstanding achievements as a professor of music California State University, East Bay

California State University, East Bay

California State University, East Bay is a public university located in the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The university, as part of the 23-campus California State University system, offers over 100 areas of study...

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La Rocca’s music has been performed in North America, Europe, Japan, Korea and Australia. Performers include the San Francisco Girls Chorus, Prague Radio - Choir and Orchestra, Alexander String Quartet and others . His music is published by Boosey & Hawkes

Boosey & Hawkes

Boosey & Hawkes is a British music publisher purported to be the largest specialist classical music publisher in the world. Until 2003, it was also a major manufacturer of brass, string and wind musical instruments....

 and Walton Music.

Frank La Rocca teaches theory and composition at California State University, East Bay

California State University, East Bay

California State University, East Bay is a public university located in the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area. The university, as part of the 23-campus California State University system, offers over 100 areas of study...

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Vocal/Choral - Works

• The Divine Image (2008) for Choir SSAATTBB a cappella
• Ave Verum Corpus (2008) for Choir SATB a cappella
• Hallelujah (2007) for Choir SATB, Organ and Brass (ad lib.)
• O Eve (2007) for Choir SATB
• Cantate Domino (2006) for Choir SATB and Orchestra (or Organ)
• Sicut Cervus (2005) for Choir SATB
• O Nata Lux (2005) for Choir SATB and String Orchestra
• Miserere (2004) for Choir SATB
• Echo (2004) for Women’s Choir
• O Magnum Mysterium (2003) for Choir SATB
• Ubi Caritas (2003) for Choir SATB a cappella
• O Vos Omnes (2003) for Choir SATB
• Eli, Eli (2003) for Choir SATB and Organ
• Magnificat (2002) for Women’s Choir
• Expectavi Dominum (2001) for mixed Choir
• Veni Sancte Spiritus (2001) for Sopran, Klarinette and Streichquartt
• In the Beginning (2000) for mixed Choir
• Credo (2002) for Choir SATB
• Exaudi (1998) for mixed Choir
• Psalm 23 (2002) for Choir SATB
• O Eve (2007) for Choir SATB or SSAA
• Resurrection Prelude (2005), for Choir SATB, Organ, Brass, and Timpani

Chamber music

• In This Place (2000) for Clarinet, Violiin and Piano.
• FourPlay (1997) for String Quartet
• Meditation (1991) Piano solo
• Divertimento (1990) for two pianos
• Secret Thoughts (1986) for Cello solo

Recorded on CRI SD 567

• Frammenti (1983) for Piano solo
• Duo Lirico (1982) for Violin and Viola
• Streichtrio (1981) for Violin, Viola and Cello

Recorded on CRI SD 567

• Fantasy for Violin and Piano (1979)
• Phoenix (1976) for Clarinet, String Quartet, Piano and Percussion
• Night Music (1975) for Violin and Piano

Vocal Chamber Works

• In a Dark Time (1989) for Choir SATB and Chamber Ensemble
• The Pure Fury (1988) for Tenor and large Chamber Ensemble
• Canti d'Innocenza (1984) for Soprano, Clarinet, Harp and Vibraphone

Recorded on CRS 8944.

Orchestra Works

• Veni Sancte Spiritus (2001) for Soprano, Clarinet and String Orchestra
• While Orpheus Dreamed (1998) for Orchestra
• The Right Road Lost (1996) for large Orchestra
• Crossing the Rubicon (1994) for Orchestra
• No Strings (1993) for Symphonic Band
• The Pure Fory (1989) for Tenor and Chamber Orchestra
• Chen (1977) Prologue for Orchestra

Electronic Music, Film Music

• Labyrinth (1977) for tape
• Newsical Muse (1975) contributor to Live-Radio Theater piece by Neil B. Rolnick
• Emergency (1974) Music for a Documentary Film
• Krystallos (1973) Music for a Documentary Film