<p>First, I am not aware of the possibility of double majoring in a graduate program and so I will put that out there (I have a daughter in grad school and went to grad school myself). </p>
<p>While in college, surely study more than one thing…take classes in many things that interest you. </p>
<p>In terms of your educational path with grad school and all that, there is some choosing involved. If your goal is further education in MT, you have to try for that and if your goal is for a higher degree in conducting, then you would pursue that. </p>
<p>But in terms of LIFE, you can do more than one thing! For example, you can become a conductor but also do community theater. That is just one example. I’ll give you another example with my own daughter, though each of the things she is pursuing RELATE in some way (which is another idea for you such as pursuing teaching instrumental music, conducting, and perhaps pursuing singing). My daughter’s training is as a MT performer. Her career and pursuits in the two years since graduating fall mostly into three areas (she likes them all)…performing in musicals and related types of shows (that involve singing or acting), singer/songwriter (these are non-MT in nature, but involve putting out a CD, playing concerts in venues of original songs), and writing/composing musicals. On top of that she has “survival” jobs to earn money a such as accompanying MT classes on the college level and high school level, musically directing shows, coaching MT performers, etc. These areas all relate but she is pursuing more than one thing she likes to do. All of her work is in one field though, even though she is doing many different facets of it. You could pursue several facets of the music field, as one idea. I do have to say, however, that with pursuing more than one thing, as my D is doing, it makes for a very very busy life as each area is pursued with much fervor and time, whereas some people are pursuing just one thing at a time. This means networking and contacts in several areas. It is a lot to keep going at one time. But it is possible. By the same token, to do something very well, you really must pursue it. So, let’s say you want to get a doctorate in conducting, you can’t take a couple years off to train in MT and then try conducting as you must keep building your resume and experience in conducting. In other words, my D is not doing one thing and putting others on hold. She is pursuing several areas all at one time. It is hard to do though. </p>
<p>Food for thought.</p>