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- ↑ "Bravo John Varineau, we will miss you!". www.grsymphony.org. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
- ↑ "Calvin College appoints Grand Rapids Symphony associate conductor John Varineau as full-time professor of music". MLive.com. 16 January 2013. Retrieved 2016-01-02.
- ↑ "Calvin University, Directory, John Varineau". www.calvin.edu. Retrieved 2021-02-27.
- ↑ Parks, Josh (September 14, 2015). "Art, music, history faculty take voluntary buyouts". Calvin College Chimes. Retrieved 2016-07-26.
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