concertgoing

con·cert·go·er

 (kŏn′sərt-gō′ər)
n.
One who attends a concert.

con′cert·go′ing adj. & n.
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concertgoing

(ˈkɒnsətˌɡəʊɪŋ)
n
the practice of attending concerts of music
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References in periodicals archive
The body disciplines of classical concertgoing, for example, induce keen attention directed straight ahead and facilitate an impression of the hall as empty space, a vacuum in which not even a cough ought to sound.
"Bono, whose concertgoing fans will attest that he's no stranger to preaching, can also be backed to become Pope with Paddy Power albeit at a next to impossible 10,000-1."
The show I'll never forget: 50 writers relive their most memorable concertgoing experience.
Still, joining the gathering is a unique and intimate concertgoing experience that allows participants to be part of a larger movement dedicated to healing mental illnesses.
It also evokes the concertgoing experience with toe-curling accuracy (the thoughts which cross against the music, the chattering of the audience invading the sounds in your head as you leave), and actually makes use of a collage of compositions, Bruckner's Sixth Symphony among them, to strengthen the tapestry.
Of course, with that sidestep and the speed of those hips, you'd expect Shane to be a concertgoing rock god - he would surely know how to dance in the aisles.
It is stylish, brilliantly accomplished, a sheer joy when it comes to a concertgoing experience.
And in a year or two, the young fans who have grown up with the likes of Backstreet Boys and 'N Sync will be onto other bands and concertgoing will still be part of their social calendar.
Copland's output also includes three symphonies, which secured his legacy among critics and orchestras while leaving the general concertgoing public unmoved; they appear only rarely on programs.
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