Les Varner – Noteworthy

Faculty, Guests, Philanthropy, Teaching

Tuba Master

By Jeff Roberts

August 10, 2018

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In more than four decades of studio work, Jim Self has played in over 1,500 movies, but during his Artist in Residence week in February, Knoxville audiences were treated to a slice of his work as an innovative and versatile

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