The Devil's Dermish

This fiendishly virtuosic concert piece was written for trombonist Brian Diehl 1994. There are two main types of music, one in the lower range, with quick, tongued notes, and the other a "limping" waltz in 5/8 time, more scalar and legato, exploring the higher ranges and allowing for expressive use of tone color and vibrato. The cadenza-like section employs techniques such as harmonic glissandi in one slide position, and multiphonics.