a performance where a musician is paid to make music in front of an audience * Jenna’s classical music group has four wedding _______ s this summer.

– time spent playing an instrument as accompaniment for another musician or band, especially while the music is being recorded professionally and while one is being paid * Jim is a talented drummer who can make a lot of money doing _______ because he’s able to adapt to many different styles of music.

– to rely or depend on something; to prepare for the future based on something that one expects will happen * This is going to be an important speech, and we’re counting on our supports to be in the audience.

– a legal agreement between a music production company and a musician or band, governing how much music will be produced, how it will be marketed and sold, and how much each side will earn * The _______ requires that she produce at least two albums over the next three years.

– what one wants; one’s vision for the future; one’s hopes, ambition, and aspirations * His _______ was to go to medical school and to become a surgeon.