Accurate Measurement: Music Analysis

My initial execution of the incomplete measure was poor. I fixed the incomplete measure by giving a clearer and more appropriate prep. I do not think the loop I conducted in the prep was effective though. I should have used the simple patter for beat 3 and 4 for the incomplete measure. My release fermati went smoothly and they were clear enough for the ensemble to follow. My first release fermata was much clearer than the second. I the first fermata, I showed a motion and direction in the fermata giving life to the sound. In the second fermata, I gave very little motion causing my cutoff to look frantic and uncharacteristic. My release of phrases and the transition between them is good with the exception of one phrase. I wanted to give and three beats of press and then a conducted beat 4 in a measure, however I did not do a good job of implying time in my press causing it to look like a bad fluctuation in time.
Before both rounds, I felt confident that I knew exactly what I wanted. After conducting the ensemble and hearing the sound that my conduction produced, I realized that I was not accurately conveying my own concept of sound. In my second conduction round, I more accurately produced the sound that I had in mind, but some of the new concepts I included once again were not accurately executed. This sort of trial and error has really helped me understand the difference in the sound I want to hear and the sound my conducting produces. Between the two conduction rounds, I was able to refine the phrasing so that it was not so static. I was also able to create a fermata with more direction and life the second time. Overall, in my second conducting of the Holst, there were different sounds between phrases and in both halves; whereas, in the first round, the Holst was extremely boring and