Just a bit of background in case people aren't familiar about how music degrees work in colleges:

Everyone is required to do at least one recital in order to graduate with a degree. Most of the time, the other people in their studio are forced to go to said recital(s) in order to not receive a failing grade.

I think this is wrong in so many ways and I really want to ask that my upcoming master's recital not be required for other people to attend. If they still want to attend, that's fine. Otherwise, I'm not sure if I can have a clear conscience.

I'm just not sure how to ask without my professor getting mad at me or something. I feel like forcing people to go to my recital will make people like me even less (and to be honest, the reason they dislike me is partly if not mostly his fault). And while I don't care what they think, networking is important and it's better to have more friends than enemies if you want to be successful. And by "friends", I mean "friendly colleagues". There are no real "friends" in college (or life, for that matter), at least not in a competitive field.

I don't know if people in other fields have to go through anything like this, but does anyone have any thoughts?