Reply #9: I'm not sure you need examples to make this case. [View All]

[wickerwoman]

How old is she? Is she already a professional singer? If not, examples of people who switched from singing to physics aren't really that relevant.

It seems pretty obvious that it's a lot easier for someone trained in physics who has a good voice to become a professional singer later than it is for someone trained in voice work to become a physicist.

If she's on her way to college, I would emphasize that it's all about keeping your options open. Start with the hardest possible thing while you're young and still have the energy and relatively few obligations. If it doesn't work out, switch to the next easier thing. Because there's no way that a few years into a four year music program with mounting debt and pressure to graduate that she's going to switch to an eight year physics program.