John Bavicchi

John Bavicchi (1922-2013), composer, conductor and Professor of Music at the Berklee College of Music 1964-2013. He attended MIT 1940-1942, enrolled in course XV (business and engineering), and sang in the MIT Glee Club. After a brief engineering career, he studied composition with Carl McKinley, Francis Judd Cooke and Walter Piston. His output includes orchestral, choral, piano and chamber music, and concert band music, written for John Corley (director of the MIT Concert Band, 1949–1999). He was an active conductor, notably directing the Arlington-Belmont Chorale for 44 years.