Musician - Reserve

• Mid Thigh Pull 50kg

• Medicine Ball Throw 2.7m

• 2km run 13 min

More information about the fitness test

You must already play a music instrument, pass an audition and standard Army tests.

• Play alongside some of the world's best Military Musicians in one of our 14 bands based throughout the UK

• Opportunities to travel and perform at venues and arenas worldwide

• Enjoy a varied career up to the age of 55+ with the opportunity to promote across the rank structure

• Take advantage of sports and Adventurous Training the Army offers

• Have a full-time, salaried and pensionable career as a professional musician

Step 1
Due to your role as a Musician you won't have to complete the standard basic training that a normal Reservist would have to. Instead, you will need to complete the following (online or in-person) courses within 12 months of joining:

• Health training courses e.g. health and wellbeing.

• Core education training e.g. security, behaviours, operational law.

• Full workplace induction of the Unit premises.

Step 2
You’ll then start your music-based training. We’ll build on what you already know and work to make you a better performer and musician, preparing you for your role with one of our Reserve bands.

You'll get paid a day rate according to your rank, starting from £63.27 in training and once you're a Private and increasing as you rise through the ranks. This includes being paid for weekly drill nights. Plus, if you complete all of your annual training, you're entitled to a tax-free lump sum called a bounty.

More about Reserve benefits

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There are many bands in the Army Reserve. Reservist bands are not part of the Royal Corps of Army Music, but part of the different Corps and Regiments that they represent. They play a range of different musical styles and perform at a variety of different functions including ceremonial duties.

Find your nearest band:

Scotland

Lowland Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland
Highland Band of the Royal Regiment of Scotland

Northern Ireland

Band of The Royal Irish Regiment

Wales

Band of the Royal Welsh

England (North)

Band of the Duke of Lancaster’s Regiment
Lancashire Artillery Volunteers Band
Band of 150th (Yorkshire) Regiment, Royal Logistic Corps
Band of the Yorkshire Regiment
The (Northern) Band of the Royal Corps of Signals
Band of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

England (Midlands)

The Band of The Mercian Regiment
The Nottinghamshire Band of the Royal Engineers
Band of the Royal Anglian Regiment

England (South)

The Band of The Royal Yeomanry (Inns of Court & City Yeomanry)
Band of the Royal Army Medical Service
Band of the Princess of Wales’s Royal Regiment
Band of the Honourable Artillery Company
The Salamanca Band of The Rifles
The Waterloo Band of The Rifles