Peter Frost has been commissioned to write choral compositions by the Briarcliff Congregational Church, The Children’s Aid Society in New York City, and by the Great Neck North High School Jazz Choir. In 2013, he was commissioned to write five new arrangements for Colgate University for The 21st Century Colgate Songbook. Peter’s choral pieces have been published by GIA Publications, Santa Barbara Music Publishing of California, and Zintzo Music. Zintzo has committed to rolling out thirteeen of Peter’s compositions. So far three have been published. Check out the link here: https://zintzomusic.com/peterfrost/ 

When Peter entered the “American Prize” composition he received a personal letter from David Katz, the director. Mr. Katz wrote the following: “Your A Musing Ride generated considerable interest for its rhythmic inventiveness and what is even more valued, its infectious profile. If this piece is any example, your music in one’s ear sticks there, and that is the sign of a special gift – so I wanted to write to offer a personal bravo.”

In 2010 his song cycle e. e. cummings-Verbatim was performed in Paramus, New Jersey, and Briarcliff, New York, featuring soprano Eileen Clark, clarinetist Jeremy Goldsmith, and pianist Hui-Mei-Lin. One of his compositions, Pianos Dueling (2009) for two pianos, four hands, was performed in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Taiwan (2016) by pianists Hui-Mei Lin and Bari Mort. In 2018 Peter formed and conducted “New Works Collective” which debuted eleven new works. From the recordings of this concert, three choral pieces and four art songs have been contracted to publish.

Peter had been a theater/choral teacher in both public and independent school for 15 years. For five years, he was the Director of Music for the Children’s Aid Society Chorus program where he administered to 18 choruses (K-12) and directed five in New York City. Peter’s two select choirs from The Children’s Aid Society performed in Carnegie Hall with Mandy Patinkin, The Rainbow Room with Donna Murphy, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Waldorf Astoria and Radio City Music Hall. The Children’s Aid Senior (HS) Chorus received a “superior” rating and first place overall in April, 2008 in Maryland.

He received his Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from the Hartt School of Music in Connecticut and Master of Music degree in music education from Lehman College, City University of New York. He has performed with the Hartt Touring Opera in Connecticut, the California Opera Center at Notre Dame College in Belmont, California. As an actor-singer, he has appeared in musicals in summer stock, dinner theaters and regional theaters, as well as many dramatic plays with Bluestone Actors Project, a professional repertory company based in Westchester County, New York.

Peter is currently a professor at Sacred Heart University, in Fairfield, Connecticut, the Music Director at Saint Mary the Virgin in Chappaqua, as well as Music Director of “The Old Mill Singers” in Westchester County, New York. He also has a studio for voice and piano students in Westchester County.