FRANK DUARTE, DMA (b. 1992) is an American composer, conductor, songwriter, and poet, whose works are influenced by a kaleidoscope of colors, emotion, and sonorities often inspired by nature, history, literature, and his Latino and Indigenous heritage.

His music has received awards, including the American Prize, Global Music Award, and two ASCAP Plus Awards. Other honors include winning the inaugural University of North Carolina, Greensboro Indigenous Composers Choral Composers Competition, the MSU Jere Hutchingson Large Ensemble Competition, and the MSU Honors Competition in Composition. His music has been performed in over twenty states and abroad in Japan, Greece, and Colombia, and has been featured in books, conducting symposia, seminars, and conferences, and has been the subject of scholarly and academic documents.

He has written for Sō Percussion, Imani Winds, and the Princeton Singers, and his music has been performed by ensembles such as the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music Orchestra, Choral Arts Initiative, Minnesota Winds, the National Concert Band of America, the United States Air Force Band of Mid-America, and the Pasadena Chorale. His music has been performed at prominent institutions, including Arizona State University, Butler University, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University of Cauca, Manhattan School of Music, Michigan State University, University of New Mexico, University of North Texas, Portland State University, Texas Tech University, Tufts University, and Interlochen Center for the Arts among many others.

He earned Associate of Arts degrees in Music, History, and Interdisciplinary Studies in Science and Mathematics from Fullerton College. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Composition from California State University, Northridge, and a Master of Music degree in Composition from Butler University. He pursued doctoral studies at Texas Tech University and subsequently served as a University Enrichment Fellow at Michigan State University, where he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Composition. Dr. Duarte also received an Artist Diploma from OAcademy Music Conservatory where he was a Composition Fellow in the Gabriela Ortiz Composition Studio. His primary mentors include Anthony Mazzaferro, Michael Colburn (conducting), Liviu Marinescu, Milen Kirov, Michael Schelle, James Mulholland, Jennifer Jolley, David Biedenbender, Ricardo Lorenz, Alexis Bacon, and Gabriela Ortiz (composition).

His works are published and distributed through Murphy Music Press, MusicSpoke, Tolliver Music Company, and ADJ•ective New Music.