| Foreword by Morten Lauridsen |
| Preface to the Second Edition |
| Preface to the First Edition (1996) |
| Introduction |
| Part I: The Foundations of Conducting |
| Beginnings |
| The Role of Self for Beginning Conductors |
| The Essences of Gesture: To Advocate and Connect |
| Allignment: Creating the Inner Space for Breath |
| Essential Understandings: Primal Building Blocks of Conducting Technique |
| Consistent Tempo: A Prerequisite and Essential Skill |
| Part II: The Mechanics and Architecture of Conducting |
| The Anticipatory Process: Readiness to Receive Sound and Breath |
| Breathing and Dropping In: Gesture Informed by Breath |
| The Architecture of Conducting Patterns |
| Initiating Sound through the Breath Impulse Gesture: Definition and Importance of the Ictus |
| Understanding the Saito Conducting Method |
| Pattern Mechanics and Geometry |
| Part III: Additional Understandings to Refine Conducting Technique, Skill, and Awareness |
| Your Movement Potential and Conducting: An Application of the Work of Rudolf von Laben |
| Teaching Body Awareness to Conductors: The Use of the Swiss Ball |
| Adding Weight to Conducting Gesture: Experiencing Kinesthetic Transfer |
| Creating Integrative Conducting Technique through Core Distal Connectivity |
| The Morphology of Sounds: Conducting Note Attacks, Releases, and Fermatas |
| Listening |
| The Left Hand |
| Receiving, Listening to, and Reacting to the Sound |
| Initiation of the Musical Line |
| Music Aptitude: Realizing Your Music Potential as A Conductor |
| Part IV: Score Analysis And Instrumental Conducting |
| Preparing the Score: Allowing the Music to Speak |
| Preparing for the Kinesthetic of Conducting: The Principles of Laban Score Movement Analysis (LMSA) |
| Basics for Choral Conductors Working with Instrumentalists |
| Facing the Orchestra: A Choral Conductor's Guide to the Orchestra |
| Giving Meaning to the Music through the Text |
| Trust and Conducting: Interpreter or Transmitter? |
| Part V: Supporting Materials for Conducting Study |
| The Anatomy of Conducting DVD: A Companion to Evoking Sound |
| Music For Conducting Study: A Companion to Evoking Sound |
| Appendix 1: String Resource Guide |
| Appendix 2: Music For Basic Conducting Study and Self-Evaluation |
| Appendix 3: Inner Game of Music - Conducting |
| Bibliography |
| List of Additional Resources |
| List of Quoted Persons |
| Index |
| About the Author |
