US Navy Band - Baritone Saxophone (Commodores Jazz Ensemble)

The United States Navy Band announces an immediate vacancy for Baritone Saxophone
instrumentalist in the Commodores Jazz Ensemble. A live audition will be held by invitation only
on Thursday, November 20, 2025, following a pre-screening recording round. Applications and
recordings must be submitted by Monday, October 20, 2025. Candidates will be contacted with
results from the pre-screening round no later than Monday, October 27, 2025.
Successful candidates will demonstrate strong sight-reading skills as well as proficiency both as an
ensemble member and as a soloist. Applicants should showcase melodic and harmonic
interpretation, improvisation across traditional and modern big band styles, and be comfortable
doubling on bass clarinet and flute.
Jazz is America's music and the U.S. Navy Band Commodores, the Navy's premier jazz ensemble,
have been performing the very best of big band jazz for the Navy and the nation for more than 50
years. Since 1969, this 19-member group continues the jazz big band legacy with some of the
finest musicians in the world. The Commodores' mission includes public concerts, national concert
tours, ceremonial support in honoring our veterans, jazz education classes and clinics, and protocol
performances for high-level military and civilian government officials.
Starting salary for a new member of the U.S. Navy Band is $79,612 - $86,409.
Other benefits include:
 Student loan repayment for qualified loans up to $65,000
 Full medical coverage for service members and their dependents
 Education benefits including tuition assistance and G.I. Bill
 Blended pension and partial 401(k) match retirement plan via the Thrift Savings Program
(TSP)
 30 days paid vacation annually
Those selected for positions in the U.S. Navy Band are advanced to the paygrade of E-6 (Musician
1st Class) following completion of recruit training, under a contract for permanent assignment to
the U.S. Navy Band, Washington, D.C.