Background
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mister G (Ben Gundersheimer) is the son of noted children's book author and illustrator Karen Gundersheimer.
Born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Mister G (Ben Gundersheimer) is the son of noted children's book author and illustrator Karen Gundersheimer.
Amherst College.
He has released six award-winning albums of original music for children, including three bilingual (Spanish/English) albums. American Broadcasting Company Fiesta (2014) received a Latin GRAMMY nomination. His CDs have been selected as best children"s albums of the year by People Magazine, Parents Magazine, and The Washington Post.
Ben is a graduate of Amherst College, and the recipient of the first songwriting scholarship awarded by the Berklee College of Music.
As an adult-oriented singer/songwriter, he performed and toured internationally. Foreign his Master’s thesis at Smith College, Ben created a curriculum that incorporated song-writing as a learning tool.
His 4th grade students dubbed him ‘Mister G’, and while teaching at the Smith College Campus School, he began writing the songs that would comprise his debut family album. Mister G"s 2010 debut children"s music release, Pizza for Breakfast, was inspired by his former elementary school students at the Smith College Campus School.
The album was also chosen as one of the top ten best children's albums of 2011 by Parents Magazine and People Magazine.
Mister G"s two bilingual albums, "Chocolalala" (2012) and "American Broadcasting Company Fiesta" (2013) were inspired by his concert tours throughout Latin America, and feature the voices of bilingual families. GRAMMY winning saxophonist Charles Neville (Neville Brothers) and Senegalese talking drum master Massamba Diop (Baaba Maal) both perform on the album. Los Animales (2015), is Mister G"s most recent bilingual album.
All of Mister G"s albums are written, produced, recorded and mixed by Ben Gundersheimer.
Mister G tours internationally, headlining venues such as Symphony Space in New York, The National Zoo in Washington District of Columbia, The Hard Rock Cafe in Philadelphia, The Getty Museum in Los Angeles, The Coolidge Corner Theatre in Boston, among many others Mister G also regularly conducts artists residencies in schools in the United States and Latin America.