FRANK GULINO, a native of New York City, now lives in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area, where he performs with both the Capital Wind Symphony and the Prince George's Philharmonic. Frank is a graduate of The Peabody Conservatory of The Johns Hopkins University, where he earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Bass Trombone Performance. At Peabody, he studied with Randy Campora and Jim Olin of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra (BSO). Frank has also studied trombone with David Fedderly of the BSO, Vincent Belford of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and jazz artist Bob Ferrel.

As a trombonist, Frank has performed at such prestigious venues as Avery Fisher Hall of New York City’s Lincoln Center, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), Princeton University’s flagship Richardson Auditorium and the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, home of the BSO. While at Peabody, Frank served as the bass trombonist of the Peabody Symphony Orchestra, Peabody Concert Orchestra and the Peabody Wind Ensemble, one of the nation’s premier collegiate wind bands.  Frank can be heard on a number of recordings with the Peabody Wind Ensemble, each released on the Naxos record label.  Frank is an artist/clinician for the Edwards Instrument Company and performs exclusively on Edwards trombones.

As a composer, Frank has had his work performed by some of the world's foremost brass players, including euphonium virtuoso Steven Mead, St. Louis Symphony Orchestra bass trombonist Gerry Pagano, and Christopher Dudley, principal trombonist of the BSO and the Bergen Filharmoniske Orkester in Bergen, Norway.  In addition, Frank’s works have been performed at venues around the world, such as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.; the Joseph Alessi Seminar in Fossano, Italy; the Eastern Trombone Workshop; the Lasnamäe Muusikakool in Tallinn, Estonia; the Korskirken in Bergen, Norway; the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music in Riga, Latvia; and dozens of colleges, universities, and conservatories, both domestically and abroad.

A flattering 2009 review of Frank’s early work, Sonatina, in the International Trombone Association Journal brought attention to his contemporary brass compositions.  Shortly thereafter, Frank saw his music performed on numerous concert and recital programs domestically and abroad.  The 2010 season began with premieres of Frank’s Worlds Apart and Two Serenades on conservatory degree recitals, followed by the premiere of Tornado, by Steven Mead with members of the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra, and culminated in Frank’s first major commissioned work, Capriccio for trombone and wind ensemble, written for Christopher Dudley.  Following the completion of several new works and a favorable review of Tornado in the International Tuba Euphonium Association Journal in the fall of 2011, Frank was awarded the inaugural commission project of the EuphoniumCommissions.org consortium, a group formed expressly for the purpose of funding new additions to the low brass repertoire.  The resulting work, Infinite Escape, was premiered by Steven Mead in July of 2012.  Since then, Frank's compositions have been featured at the Kennedy Center, the Eastern Trombone Workshop, the International Trombone Festival, and on recital programs around the world.

Frank’s works, published by Cimarron Music Press and 200 Miles to Arnstadt Publishing, are available from major music distributors all over the world, including Hickey’s Music Center, SheetMusicPlus, Robert King Music, Japan Tuba Center, Free Hand Music, and many others, as well as the personal web stores of world-renowned brass artists Steven Mead and Oystein Baadsvik.  Additionally, Frank's work has been selected for inclusion on both the Maryland Music Educators Association (MMEA) and the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) repertoire lists.