Definition of "preconcert" []

• To agree on, settle, or arrange in advance. (verb-transitive)

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• "Will the squealing teenage girls, the ones who profess unending love during preconcert interviews and openly weep when he sings and gyrates onstage, stand by him even when his voice changes and a new sensation comes along with an even cooler haircut?"
• "At a preconcert press conference, he clambered onto the stage and snapped the four men from the back, their silhouettes etched in light."
• "He has presented his corrections—prepublication—to the New York Philharmonic; New York audiences will be the first to hear the corrected score performed and to attend a preconcert talk by Mr. Orenstein on Jan. 4."