Frank Deresti is a musician, composer, performer, recording artist, and teacher. His adventurous approach to life and music has taken him across the country several times as a singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, and multi-instrumentalist with various acts covering an impressive range of styles and genres.
Frank began studying the guitar at the age of 8, and received an Honours Bachelor of Music Degree from Carleton University in classical guitar performance in 2000. Since then he has maintained an active performing, teaching, and recording career.
As a sideman, band leader, co-writer, or session player, Frank brings an undeniable enthusiasm, skill, and love of music to every project. His recording credits include contributions to dozens of releases, as well as offerings to the world of film and podcast soundtracks. Always an enthusiastic collaborator, Frank continues to pursue new opportunities for cooperative music-making, and new experiences to stoke the creative fires.
A passionate and inspired teacher, Frank is a guitar, theory, bass and songwriting instructor at the Algoma Conservatory of Music, where he is the founding director of the Guitar Ensemble program. He has mentored several classical, jazz and popular guitar students, many of whom have gone on to receive awards at the provincial level, established themselves in successful music careers, and/or continued on a lifelong path of music-making and enjoyment. He has also been an adjunct professor and director of jazz studies at Algoma University in Sault Ste. Marie since 2001, where has has developed and teaches courses in guitar, bass, jazz theory and improvisation, songwriting, the music business, and various ensembles.
Frank continues to actively seek out new avenues to expand his musical pallet and to help elevate his own and others’ projects to new levels.