He’s performed for five presidents as a member of the band you hear at every inauguration.
Before that, as a music education student here on our campus - the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga - he once performed in as many as six ensembles while carrying a full-course load.
Fred Lemmons, a Chattanooga native, served as clarinetist and operations chief for “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band.
This weekend, the retired master gunnery sergeant returns to UTC - as a featured soloist for Sunday’s concert by the Mid-South Symphonic Band, starting at 3 PM in the Roland Hayes Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Center.
