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I'm graduating High School this year, and I was wondering if anybody has ever majored in music and another subject, because I want to try that, major in music and physics. Any feedback would be appreciated!

There is a guy in our tuba studio here at Marshall who does it. He doesn't get the chance to practice as much as suggested, but he can get by with it because he has a lot of natural talent. The question of whether you're looking at music education or performance/theory/etc. is a major factor. If you're looking to perform, I would suggest whole heartedly that you singly major in music. However, if you're looking into possibly teaching careers, diversity is often good on the resume, on the soul, and for dinner conversations with hot chicks.

Some of that may be made up, but most of it is 97% factual.

Good luck on your endeavors, and remember... don't suck.

I'd like to perform, I just want to be hard on myself in college and induce pain on my head and possibly my torso..

If I got both degrees, I'd shoot to go to a grad school for Tuba Performance and Physics, because I can't get rid of something I love for the other. I'm up to the challenge.

Oh, and BTW, for my bachelor's I'm going for Education.

it really just matter on how long you care to spend in undergrad. at Ithaca it is pretty hard to do the music ed degree in any less than 4 years unless you have a ton of ap type credits, even then there isn't enough room in the prgram to take another major, we have a student now who is going to be a journalism + music ed, but is going to take her at least 5 years to complete the program

I did Math and Music in the early '70's. Because of the huge number of low-credit courses that Music requires, expect to probably go 6 years with those two majors. I was a first quarter senior in Math when I added my music major, and the music required 3 years of sequential courses (mostly theory) that I couldn't double up on. All in all, I was a senior for about 3-1/2 years. I still wouldn't have missed it for the world.

Northwestern has a double-degree program, and I know that you can get out of there with a music ed degree and a science degree in 5 years.

- Jamie

The Pensacola Symphony had the CEO of the National Orchestra Association in town a few weeks ago and the musicians had a meeting with him.One very interesting stat I got from the meeting was that there are 3000 graduates per year in music performance on an orchestral instrument in the US.There are 150 openings in orchestras per year on all instruments that pay at least 25k per year in the US.So,,,that doesn't mean that 150 new graduates get jobs each year.What about the 10 preceeding years with 3000 each year,all still looking?Of course this is not just tubas,where the numbers are far more bleak.One positive note from the meeting was how high the playing level is in many part time,regional orchestras.These are a viable alternative for many graduates,but you must have some way to make your "real" living.So...do the double major,practice your *** off,and have a rewarding adult life and a good lifestyle that can support a family.It's a very busy lifestyle,but, works for me...

What about Summer School? Couldn't I take some Cores at a Community College in the Summer, and possibly shorten the time I spend in college?

I took 5.5 years to get through with a music ed degree and a separate performance degree. Of course a lot of stuff transferred, it was basically a huge huge music ed degree. I didn't start the ed component until my 3rd year officially either so that didn't help. I did summer school for generals, it's a great way to get some of that 'stuff' out of the way. however, i really came to value summers as time went on, with summer school, it makes getting summer work pretty hard unless you have an in with someone who will pay you for a week or two here or there. Depending on your school, your music and education courses may not be well coordinated, if that is the case (as it was with me, they didn't relate hardly at all) Music Ed IS a double major. It takes a lot of time. I could imagine having two areas of emphasis in an education program but a music ed degree and a separate physics degree looks like 6 years unless you can find some loopholes. i found all i could just to get through. I did a TON of extracurricular stuff, drama, choral, and scores of ensembles. had to take another semester because of that. So... be careful.

one of my friends did a piano performance major and did pre-dent. As a pianist, he somehow managed to skirt many ensemble duties and was hardly ever a real member of any school group. this helped him get through the predental program. He's done it in 5 years now i believe. Music and science go VERY well together, there are a lot of premed people that are very good musicians. Interesting.

practice time was very hard for me. i had to do another semester at another school and take lessons during the summer to REALLY lay into my instrument and man I went miles. My teacher tells me most pros can trace their development and success to at least one main summer of crazy work and enlightenment.

If you are set on music and physics, you can do it if you can get around the scheduling nightmares. music ed and physics... scary.