<p>While I would agree having a music minor might be a plus for some employers (as you point out, shows an interest outside academics), I am not even sure you can minor in performance…good question for the rest of the bunch, anyone know?</p>
<p>The other thing is you don’t even need in many schools to be a major or a minor to take instrumental lessons and be in ensembles, many schools have music as a kind of extra curricular. When I went to NYU in the dark ages, they offered lessons and ensemble to students who weren’t music majors (sorry I didn’t take them up on it), so it is possible to enjoy music without getting a degree in it, minor or otherwise:)</p>