<p>A music/composition degree is a much more common route to becoming a musical director or even a composer. If that is the aim, that is the kind of degree to seek. </p>
<p>But as I said, my own daughter works professionally as a musical director and composer both and has a BFA in MT/Drama, but is skilled in these other areas, though her training in college was not specific to this. Throughout college even, she had paid jobs in this field. There are those with a MT background who are Musical Directors and are composers. But this is likely due to their having some natural skill set with it as their BFA in MT programs don’t teach this specifically.</p>