Nope. 

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Not quite. 

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But I did quit how I was approaching music school. No longer did I consider my peers to be my competitors. No longer did base my entire outlook on life based on whether or not my high notes were in tune. Instead, I saw my peers as just that--peers. I based my outlook on life based on so much more. 

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It all started with an informational meeting in the Performing Arts Technology department. It way March. It was cold out. I saw a sign advertising an informational meeting about the Performing Arts Management Minor and I noticed there would be free donuts. I was all in. At the meeting, I learned about combining my interests in music with my interests in business. I was so excited to get started that I began my first class towards the PAM minor that very next semester. 

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A year later (I was feeling a bit better about my career, but was still not confident about my business background) I applied to a marketing intern position at a regional orchestra, as well as to the Ross School of Business, where I hoped to hone my business skills. I was accepted to both. That following fall was the busiest I'd ever been in my life--I hardly had time to practice as I was so busy with my classroom and performance-hall commitments. But I completely loved it. I didn't feel guilty because I couldn't dedicate as much of my life to music; I felt fulfilled because I felt like my life was going in the direction it needed to go. 

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Of course--as with all "I'm gonna do me!" types of path-changes--there was a little bit of backlash.