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Carl Atkins is currently a professor of fine arts and director of the music program at RIT. He previously served as chair of the jazz studies program at the New England Conservatory of Music and co-director of the Thelonious Monk Institute for Jazz Performance. Also a noted saxophonist and composer Atkins has enjoyed a broad musical career that spans European classical music to jazz. He has performed and/or recorded with such major artists as Diane Wilson, Ray Charles, Wayne Shorter, and Herbie Hancock, among others. He also served as president of the David Hochstein School of Music and Dance and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Currently, Atkins is co-leader of the Rochester-based New Energy Jazz Orchestra
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