Philip Sanborn is the Executive Director of the Buzzards Bay Musicfest and has led the BBMF Swing Band since its inception in 2017.  He in his nineteenth season as Music Director of the Tri-County Symphonic Band and is in his second season as the Music Director of the Bay Colony Brass.  Mr. Sanborn is scheduled to conduct the opening concert of the Metropolitan Wind Symphony’s 52nd season in November 2025. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor where he studied with Abe Torchinsky, H. Robert Reynolds, Allan McMurray and Carl St. Clair.

As a trombonist and euphonium player, Mr. Sanborn has performed with the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, Ocean State Lyric Opera Orchestra, Rhode Island Civic Chorale Orchestra, The Bass-Wingate’s Band (British Brass Band), Cape Cod Symphony Orchestra, Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra, New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, Tri-County Symphonic Band, Marion Concert Band, Our Lady of Light Band, and the American Band of Providence, R.I.

As a jazz trombonist, Mr. Sanborn has performed both locally and internationally including the Montreux (Switzerland) Jazz Festival. Mr. Sanborn has appeared with Cab Calloway, Julius La Rosa, Bobby Vinson, Duke Bellaire Big Band (Bovi’s, East Providence, RI), John Allmark, Tony Giorgianni’s Jazz Odyssey, White Heat Swing Orchestra, Ken Hadley Big Band, SouthCoast Jazz Orchestra, Night Life Orchestra, Mike and Joe’s Big Band, Mahrud, Jorge Ferreira, International Portuguese Music Awards, and many others.