Sport v Instrument

guineagirl96
Sun, 14 May 2017 19:05:05 +0000

I don’t think it truly matters, but I would go with whichever one you’re better at and/or enjoy more. Both my brother and I used to do both sports and music, but quit sports when we got to high school (my brother was actually quite accomplished at his sport) in favor of being able to further devote time to our passion for music. My brother ended up going the conservatory route for music and I, while only a music minor, got full-tuition music scholarships at two different universities, so I think I definitely made the right choice (so did he). He would have never been able to maintain his elite level as a musician if he were still devoting time to sports (he got into all the top studios/schools for his instrument that he applied to). And I would not have been able to spend as much time on music and develop the resumé of awards and achievements in music that enabled me to be competitive for scholarships (I still continued dance, however, and have continued with both performing arts in college). The other thing we both had to consider when we quit sports was the risk for injury that could end your ability to play music, especially as wind instrument musicians (we know someone who was a professional brass player that lost the ability to play after being injured by a baseball hitting their face and had to change careers).