Dr. Liliana Guerrero is Assistant Professor of Voice at the Butler School of Music, where she teaches applied voice and vocal pedagogy.
The daughter of Mexican and Cuban immigrants, her research focuses on advocating for Latin-American voices in classical music and she has received fellowship funding for this from the Society for American Music. She is a frequent lecturer and panelist on the topic of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the voice studio and serves as a member of the NATS DEI Task Force, co-founder of the Ibero-American Chapter of NATS, and organizer for the NATS Latinx/Hispanic Teachers Affinity Group. She is a previous Faculty-First Look Fellow at NYU Steinhardt and Future of Music Faculty Fellow at Cleveland Institute of Music. With a passion for community outreach, Guerrero is a Teaching Artist for Austin Opera and Vice President of Membership for the National Association of Teachers of Singing. Guerrero spends summers on the voice faculty of the Atlantic Music Festival.
Her research interests include the intersection of music, social justice, and mental health. As an activist-scholar, Guerrero creates musical programming in major cities including Chicago and Austin that provide performing opportunities to young artists while encouraging civic engagement via mutual aid to underserved communities. Guerrero strives to embody a pedagogy that is trauma-informed, gender-affirming, and guided by the cultural capital and lived experience of each student. A proponent of singing and teaching all vocal styles, Guerrero completed the Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute at Shenandoah Conservatory as well as Level 1 of LoVetri Somatic Voicework™. She was also a 2021 NATS Intern. Guerrero is a member of the National Association for Teachers of Singing, Pan American Vocology Association, National Opera Association, Opera America, and National Association of Latino Arts and Culture.