<p>UB, many people end up with jobs outside the field they studied in college anyway. I got a BS in Economics, ended up getting my first job as a department supervisor in a manufacturing plant, then left that to start a printing company.</p>
<p>Your chances of ever making a living as a performer are slim, but probably not much slimmer than a lot of fields. If music performance is what makes you happy, then do it, but you may want to consider a backup plan (and yes, I know that I am going to get flaimed for suggesting a backup plan).</p>
<p>If music ed isn’t your thing, then maybe music business is a good idea. Or a business minor, or at my sons college they actually have a “music entrapanureship” minor. They are really pushing the music entrapanureship thing, especially for performance majors, because many performance majors end up having to create their own job. </p>
<p>One thing about music ed though, you can’t teach public school without a teaching certificate, but a teaching certificate will not keep you from performing. If you are a good enough performer, and have the right contacts, you don’t even need a college degree to perform.</p>
<p>Of course you could forget about the backup plan for right now, do the music performance thing, and consider a different field in grad school.</p>