Army Bands
Send messages out to universities asking people to make a career of it. One that we received recently was for the mounted division of whatever. Skills required- degree level music, high performance, physical fitness.

One friend seemed really enthusiastic. After a few days of their gushing about how qualified they were, and how it was their dream job, their careers advisor asked them if they were applying.

"Nah," they said, "I'm allergic to horses."

"It's not stated as a weakness in the job outline, though. Go for it."

S'yeah. If you see a sneezing saddled soldier...
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Thu 31 May 2012, 23:19, 2 replies)

My brother
started as a bandsman, then moved to the air corps.

Seems the band have a generally easy life, although they are also trained as medics, presumably to stop people complaining that all they do is fart around playing their trumpets.
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Yeah, I was actually considering it at one point
Until someone pointed out to me that they do all the fitness training as if they'd be carrying their instruments with them in their rucksacks across minefields, or something. Sympathy for the bassoon players...
(Sivvus trolley collision in the fruit aisle led to a jam, Sat 2 Jun 2012, 17:28, closed)