Movies come to Marion! Jazz from films performed at Buzzards Bay Musicfest
The Buzzards Bay Musicfest's Swing Band plays some tunes at its annual concert on Friday, July 17. Photos by Mari Huglin 
The venue looks over the harbor.
The concert took place at Tabor Academy. 
Musicians played all sorts of tunes from movies.
The Buzzards Bay Musicfest's Swing Band plays some tunes at its annual concert on Friday, July 17. Photos by Mari Huglin
The venue looks over the harbor.
The concert took place at Tabor Academy.
Musicians played all sorts of tunes from movies.
MARION — The Buzzards Bay Musicfest took the jazz train to the movies on Friday, July 17 with its annual Swing Band concert.
The Buzzards Bay Musicfest is an annual event that hosts free concerts for five days through July. Starting this Wednesday, musicians from around the world have played in Marion.
On Friday, the nine-piece Swing Band took the stage bringing tunes of the silver screen to the stage.
Cameron Shave of Bridgewater played the trumpet and flügelhorn in the band. A recent graduate from the Manhattan School of Music, the 22-year-old got involved this year for the first time.
He was asked to perform and immediately said yes. Shave said there is a strong music community on the South Coast he is happy to be a part of.
“Music brings people together in unfamiliar ways,” Shave said. “You know, people who wouldn't cross paths might cross paths over music.”
The musician explained that the festival grows community since listening to live music is a communal experience.
“There's a viewing experience to music and that's what you get with live music— you get that community,” Shave said.
Shave also had a full circle moment since he got to sit next to his fourth grade music teacher and current mentor Tom Kirinsky. He said he feels inspired playing with Kirinsky and the other talented musicians.
“You meet people who are really dedicated and really focused on creating something meaningful and that's just what I found in jazz,” Shave said. “A bunch of creative people who genuinely care.”
Karen Sanborn of Marion played the baritone saxophone and bass clarinet for the band. She has been a part of the band since its inception in 2017.
She explained that having free concerts, especially for the senior community in the area, allows people to listen to live music near where they live. Usually people would have to travel to Boston for the same quality of concerts the festival hosts right in Marion.
Sanborn said that the music they play builds community through attendance of the event but also through the communication and participation that happens in the performance.
“We're communicating with each other during all of our performances, but also you can think of it as communicating with the audience because they're part of it,” Sanborn said.
Patricia Petit of Marion has been volunteering and helping the music festival since it started in the 1990s.
Petit has hosted musicians from all over the world in her home while they stay in Marion for the festival.
“They are all so talented and it amazes me we can have this all for free,” Petit said.
She said she has enjoyed each concert so far, especially the Wednesday night concert with Cynthia Raim playing piano.
Two more concerts will be hosted. One on Saturday, July 18 at 7:30 p.m. and one on Sunday, July 19 at 2 p.m. at the Fireman Performing Arts Center on the campus of Tabor Academy located 245 Front St.
More information is available at buzzardsbaymusicfest.com.
