DVD contains discussion and demonstration of instrumental and choral conducting techniques by the author and Eugene Migliaro Corporon; in part, animation.

The foundations of conducting : spirit, consistent tempo, alignment, and breath. Beginnings ; The role of self for beginning conductors ; The essences of gesture : to advocate and connect ; Alignment : creating the inner space for breath ; Essential understandings : primal building blocks of conducting technique -- Consistent tempo : a prerequisite and essential skill -- 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 -- Additional understandings to refine conducting technique, skill, and awareness. Your movement potential and conducting : an application of the work of Rudolf von Laban ; 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 -- 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 / Robert W. Rumbelow ; Facing the orchestra : a choral conductor's guide to the orchestra / James Whitbourn ; Giving meaning to the music through the text ; Trust and conducting : interpreter or transmitter? -- Supporting materials for conducting study. 'The anatomy of conducting' DVD : a companion to 'Evoking sound' ; 'Music for conducting study' : a companion to 'Evoking sound.'