DD is looking at doing joint honours music with either physics or maths. Music is something she's always done and loves and is grade 7 & 8 on her 2 instruments but I am not sure she sees herself having a career in performance and maybe sees maths or physics as giving her more of a safety net job-wise. She wasn't even thinking of a music degree until we started looking at unis for the other two subjects and seeing unis with orchestras and practice facilities for non-music students somehow made her feel like she'd really miss actually studying music.
So she is now considering joint honours courses and I'm wondering what would the pros and cons be? Would only doing half a degree in each subject (maybe not the right way to look at it) disadvantage her beyond uni in pursuing PG or career options? Would it be seen as a weird combination?
I'm assuming it would be fine for a non-specialist career, or for something like teaching, but I'm wondering about careers or PG study related to either subject? The other thing I've suggested is taking a year out and trying to get some relevant work experience/volunteering - which I think would be fairly easy with music, not sure about maths/physics. I would rather support her for a year doing voluntary work than for her to realise after a year that she's made the wrong course choice. Other than that I'm not sure what to advise but am worried about her either regretting giving up something she loves, but on the other hand maybe spreading herself too thin by continuing two subjects.