Geronimo Vannicola

A Voting Member and Board Governor of the Recording Academy, Geronimo Vannicola is a Grammy Certified Producer/ Engineer. From humble beginnings growing up in the foster care system and coining the term, "From Group Homes to the Grammys”, he has established a name for himself in the music industry by doing sync work, eclectic instrumentals, and engineering multi-genre music. 

Early in his career, Geronimo worked as a freelance producer, scoring with Tempo TV, Sony /ATV, and even a movie for comedian Michael Blackson. As an Entrepreneur, owning a recording studio/production company for well over a decade, jump started several independent artists’ careers with over 1000 credits on over 370 songs registered to DPSs. He also engages in community outreach, empowering inner city youth and in 2013 created music production education programs, based in New Castle County, Delaware which partners with the PAL centers, S.A.V.E. Program (Suicide And Violence Education). In 2015 he was named Delaware Businessman Now’s 40 under 40. 

Geronimo has mentored over 20 students from Delaware State University and other neighboring colleges with internships earning them a totaling 17,000 credit hours. As he developed his craft evolved into working with Labels, Multi-Platinum Artists and Producers including RocNation, VEDO, Freeway, Fat Joe and hundreds of independent artists, expanding his catalogue. His company is currently a vendor for Paramount, doing sync work and cue scoring for TV shows and movies. This year 2025, Geronimo Vannicola expanded his studio to a 15,000 square production studio, creating a label & also pioneering the "industry integration" concept bridging the gap between the music business and education institutions. A Father of 2 girls, Geronimo hopes his story of resilience, hard work and determination is one that will inspire many generations to come.