Par agreed, saying that more competition will help motivate students to do their best. Alexander sees competition as playing a more prominent role in the future. As a mentor, she has already seen effects of competitiveness between her mentees. Even in my class, competition isn't relevant because there are only one or two of every part. I don't know if that's good or bad.
Competition is part of being a musician.
Class sizes will also be increasing this year. In my 'classroom-type' of classes, I will still be within the maximum number of students. There will not really be an imposition of extra time in teaching or helping my students. In the future, recruiting attempts will continue. In the future the School of Music hopes to maintain a consistent average size of 45 new students each year.