How hard is it to double major in Music and medicine?

I actually know someone who is an OB/GYN but double-majored in violin performance and classics (Latin) at a top-tier school. She is uncommonly intelligent, but she didn’t study medicine until after she graduated from college. She went back for a few biology & chemistry courses after receiving her degree so that she could meet her med school requirements. (Many schools offer these post-bac programs.) Focus on what you enjoy doing now. In fact, your vocal performance background could set you up to be a fantastic ENT. Best of luck!

TL;DR studying music takes a lot of time and it is not easy. Making time for both pursuits would be incredibly challenging.

Music school (at least the good ones are) is extremely demanding. You spend many hours of your life on top of your regular course work and homework in a practice room by yourself...everyday...all week long. It's intense and often very challenging.

When you are in college to study something specific, you learning it so intimately that it is all you think about. It often sucks the joy out of what you are doing because of the energy and rigor it takes to become a professional musician. Majoring in this is more than just going to chorus class. You are learning about music history, aural training, advanced music theory...that individually are all fun subjects, but combined with the amount you have to learn and the skills you have to develop it all takes time...lots and lots of time. And then you have to do homework for it, while also doing homework for your gen ed classes...and then also invest time into your pre med work. Also you still have to go lock yourself in a room and practice for a few hours that night. And then you have to perform for the entire school of music, so you have to practice even more because you are so nervous you could pass out.

That said, I think studying music is an extremely rewarding and beautiful thing. I don't see any reason you shouldn't pursue it at a high level if you want to invest your time there, but unless you are going to pursue it as a career, I would encourage you to explore what it might look like to minor in music instead of going all in. Or even just to think about what options are available for community choirs that are open to non majors at the college so you can continue to sing with other people in a meaningful way.

This all assumes you are good enough to get accepted into the school of music, so start practicing now! Haha.

The courses you will be working on for pre-med are going to be very intense as well. It's extremely important that you excel at these to get into a med school after you graduate. There are no guarantees and your peers are going to be hyper focused on getting in. Again, not saying you shouldn't do music, just saying you have to be hyper focused on getting killer grades and test scores to even get into medschool and acheiving that is going to take time and if you are doing music seriously, it takes a LOT of time.

Also, at this point of double majoring, you will literally not be able to have friends or experience some of the best parts of being in college. You won't ever have the freedom to be in that moment again. Especially once you start med school. Make sure you are leaving time to experience life with others because you have a LONG road after your bachelor's degree on your journey to become a doctor.

Source: I studied voice in college at an amazing and competitive music school. I 100% loved doing it, but it was extremely time demanding. My wife has her DNP and watching her go through all she did there is no chance she could have also majored in music.