Atkins, Carl 4.jul.1945- USA Alabama, Birmingham
(jazz) saxophonist, conductor, of african descent, 1967 BM from Indiana University in Bloomington, 1975 MM from New England Conservatory in Boston Massachusetts, 1982 DM in conducting and composition from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester New York, 1968 music teacher at New England Conservatory, 1969 founder/conductor of the New England Wind Sinfonia, 1969-1970 music teacher at Elma Lewis's National Center of Afro-American Artists in Boston, 1969-1972 at Northeastern University in Boston, 1973-1976 at Brown University in Providence in Rhode Island, as soloist and guest conductor of symphony orchestras he toured the US and Europe, president of the David Hochstein School of Music in Rochester and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra