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School of Music Alumnus Receives 15 Grammy Award Nominations
The UNI School of Music proudly congratulates alumnus Jim Linahon (’73) on receiving 15 Grammy Award nominations in 7 categories. The nominations, awarded by the National Academy of Records Arts and Science, are all for recordings produced or engineered in Linahon’s California based production company LMP Studios.
Jim Linahon is the President and owner of Linahon Music Productions, a state-of-the-art analog and digital recording facility based in Los Angeles. He has created more than 300 recording projects for film, television, radio, musical theater, and CD/DVDs for a wide range of artists—from Sarah Vaughn to the All American Boy’s Choir & the London Symphony. An expert in jazz, Linahon started off as a trumpet and flugelhorn player at UNI, graduating with a degree in music in 1973. He moved to LA in 1975 and since then has made his mark on the music scene. His full-service music company (LMP Productions) specializes in television and feature films, CDs and DVDs, commercials, industrial films and infomercials. Since 2006 LMP productions has received an impressive 36 Grammy Award nominations. Linahon’s previous nominations included those for recordings featuring fellow UNI alumni Warren Hatfield ('52), Jim Coffin ('52, M.M. '64) and Jeff Tower ('75).
Linahon, a School of Music advisory board member who championed the Russell Hall renovation project, last visited UNI in March 2008 with friend and film director Daniel Carrey to offer a lecture on life in Hollywood and the entertainment industry.
