Born in 1974 in Washington, D.C. and raised in the Maryland suburbs, Frank Pesci is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati and the University of Southern Mississippi, where he studied composition with Luigi Zaninelli.

His sacred music has been performed throughout the United States and in Canada and includes more than thirty choral motets, arrangements of hymn tunes from the Southern Harmony and Musical Companion for voice and piano, works for young singers and three Mass settings.  He has maintained an active career as a church musician, having sung under Leo Nestor and Marilyn Keiser.  For over four years, he served as tenor section leader and Director of the Junior Choir at Grace Episcopal Church in Newton, Massachusetts.  He is currently a staff singer at Trinity Church in the City of Boston.

Art song sets include You say you love (2009) for baritone and cello and Missed Connections (2008), the texts for which were adapted from the "Missed Connections" section of boston.craigslist.org.  In June 2009, his String Quartet in A minor was premiered at the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Boston. In October 2009, his operatic program - Cafeteria Rusticana: an evening of Mad Libretto Opera - featured reworkings of scenes from Puccini with new music and audience-supplied words, turning the libretto into a Mad Lib.

Full versions of all music are available for purchase directly from the composer.  He lives in Boston with his wife, the soprano Emily Hindrichs, and their chocolate lab, Sam.