<p>Reading the posts, it seems like the decision comes down to what kind of teaching your D wants to do. Obviously, getting a music ed degree (as I understand it) can lead to the possibility of teaching in a public school as a music teacher. One thing to keep in mind is that with public school music teachers, you don’t just teach one instrument, part of the program is learning to teach multiple instruments, so she wouldn’t just be working with the violin. And from everything i hear, the music ed degree is intensive and time intensive, so it sounds like it would be hard to get a degree in accounting or anything else.</p>
<p>It sounds more like what she wants to do is have a ‘real’ job like accounting, and then teach on the side so to speak. Given the nature of a music ed degree, taking that would be the wrong thing to do if she wants to take that path. One thing I could offer would be to get a degree in accounting or whatever, maybe minor in music or at least taking lessons, and then she could always get let’s say suzuki training from one of the music schools that offer that (I am not talking a college degree here,I am talking a professional training CE kind of thing), concurently or after graduation, then be able to teach privately or at a community music school or whatnot.</p>