My son plays cello, but decided not to make a career out of it. He does love it and decided to find a school where he could do a double major (music plus something else). Many schools did not work well with the double major idea (for example, University of Michigan where the music majors are there for one reason and you need a dual-degree to do both). However, we eventually found a school that seems perfect (academics plus music where the music program seems good but not typically for students looking to make a career out of it ). I don’t know if it’s common, but I’m expecting (after talking with the professors in the dept) for my son to receive free music lessons. Those lessons tend to be expensive.