Pete Frostic

Pete Frostic has been playing and teaching mandolin professionally since 1998. He received his bachelor's degree from William and Mary in 2001. Since then, he has toured the country with the award winning acoustic quintet Old School Freight Train and has performed on stage with acoustic icons such as David Grisman, Mike Marshall, and Darol Anger. His mandolin playing, composing, and arranging have been featured on three Old School Freight Train cds, a duet cd with banjoist Ben Krakauer called "Wide Open," and several other realeases as a side musician. He has taught workshops and private lessons all over the country. As a composer, he scored a documentary film called "Dr. Toni Ruth:Cougar Biologist," commissioned by the National Science Foundation.