My friend at work's son plays the cello. Mainly as a tool to get into college on a music scholarship. His tutor/instructor is one of if not the top cellist in the state of Florida. She has to work a "day" job to live and she plays in 2 Orchestra's, 1 for the ballet and 1 that is just straight concert music. Ridiculous.
This is sad, sad, sad. Her music should provide her a comfortable 6 figure income.
It's not hard to project into the future where music schools, music instructors and muscians fade into near extinction. This could take just a century or less.
The hope is that the coming generations will see much value in
humans learning, creating and playing music.