BEN GUNDERSHEIMER

About Ben Gundersheimer (MISTER G)

Ben Gundersheimer is a Latin GRAMMY Award-winning artist, author and educator. Hailed as “a bilingual rock star” by The Washington Post, he was originally dubbed MISTER G by his young students while pursuing a Master of Education degree. Whether writing or performing in English, Spanish or Hebrew, Ben uses songs and stories as a unifying tool to build bridges between cultures and people.

A graduate of Amherst College and the recipient of the first songwriting scholarship awarded by Berklee College of Music, Ben created a curriculum that incorporates songwriting as a learning tool for his Masters thesis. Inspired by his 4th-grade students, he began writing the songs that would comprise his debut family album while working as a classroom teacher.

More than a decade later, MISTER G has released 14 albums of original, multicultural music and received numerous accolades including a Latin GRAMMY Award and five Parents’ Choice Gold Awards. He tours internationally headlining performing arts centers, festivals, and theaters, and his concerts weave together a wide variety of musical styles and languages.

Throughout Ben’s career the crafts of music and storytelling have intertwined seamlessly propelling him as performer and author. Ben has now published four picture books with Penguin Random House based on his original, bilingual songs. His first book Señorita Mariposa is a bilingual telling of the monarch butterfly migration from Canada to Mexico. Now in its 16th hardcover printing, it has been used widely in classrooms, StoryWalks and featured at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History bookstore. Scholastic has published a paperback version of Señorita Mariposa for the school market in the U.S.

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The World Theatrical Premiere of Señorita Mariposa!

Opening September 19th at Stages Theater Company in Minneapolis.

SEPTEMBER 19 - OCTOBER 6, 2024

By Mabelle Reynoso & Ben Gundersheimer (MISTER G)
Music and lyrics by Ben Gundersheimer (MISTER G)
Based on the book Señorita Mariposa by
Ben Gundersheimer (MISTER G)
Directed by Nora Montañez Patterson
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Picture Books

“Uplifting and inspiring.”

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"A joyous ode to friendship"
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“A stunning debut.”

THE CHILDREN'S BOOK COUNCIL
“Uplifting and inspiring”
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"An upbeat counting book"
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"Haunting and beautiful."
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"Better Together" with Senegalese talking drum master, Massamba Diop (Black Panther soundtrack, Mumford & Sons)

"We'll Make Things Better Together" is the musical companion album to MISTER G’s children's picture book of the same title which was published by Penguin Random House in 2023.

"Kid friendly bilingual rock star"

Washington Post

"Irresistible"

People Magazine

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