Benjamin Guerrero is an Assistant Professor of Music at Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, VA, where he teaches percussion, music education, and music technology courses. His research areas include music creativity and technology, online professional development, artificial intelligence and music, and the perception and cognition of groove in popular music.
Ben is currently working on a $1.8m National Science Foundation collaborative research grant called “Toward an Ecosystem of Artificial-intelligence-powered Music Production (TEAMuP),” where an interdisciplinary team aims to empower future musicians to fully leverage AI tools in the creation, performance, and dissemination of their music, while also accelerating audio AI research. Ben is also working on a National Endowment for the Arts research grant exploring creative methods of teaching music composition online.
Ben earned a Bachelor’s in Drum Set Performance and Contemporary Writing & Production from Berklee College of Music. He received his Master’s in Music Technology from New York University, where he studied video game audio, studio recording, mastering, audio programming, and researched audio mixing designs in iOS.
Ben previously taught percussion and music technology classes at El Paso Community College in Texas, as well as various middle schools and high schools. He has presented at state, regional, national, and international music conferences, including:
- National Association of Music Merchants
- National Association for Music Education National Conference
- National Association for Music Education Eastern Division Conference
- Symposium on Music Teacher Education
- College Music Society National Conference
- Association for Technology in Music Instruction National Conference
- Biennial Meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition
- International Society for Technology in Education Conference
- International Society for Music Education World Conference
