<p>I think it would be hard to have a career as a conductor of wind ensembles and one in musical theater. Both fields require a lot of training first. Also, if cast in a musical, the hours are often a lot and you may have to put conducting aside temporarily and vice versa. But it MAY be possible to do both. My daughter musically directs shows, composes shows and is a MT performer. But there are times when she is immersed in one thing, when she has to do a little less in the other. For example, when she was musically directing a show, it was difficult to also be cast in a show at the same time and so as soon as one ended, she did the other. Or when a musical she composed was being produced, she was very involved in major rewrites and revisions and stopped auditioning during that time (then again, she also performed as a lead in the musical she wrote and so was still performing). Of when she was recently involved in several shows, she had to put the recording of her CD on hiatus temporarily but is now back in the recording studio as two shows ended recently. As I said, her various pursuits relate in that they are all in music and theater. Again, it may be possible for you to be involved in both MT and music conducting at the same time in your CAREER. But what I was saying was that in terms of your EDUCATION in grad school, you’ll have to pick one or the other for THAT. (for example, my D’s education was training as a MT performer, but she also writes/composes but her education was not training for that, but she happens to possess skills/talent in that area but her degree was in one area). For your undergrad education, you can learn about many things, but in grad school, you can only study one field at a time.</p>