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Dale Trumbore

Dale Trumbore is a Los Angeles-based composer and writer whose music has been praised by The New York Times for its “soaring melodies and beguiling harmonies.” Her music has been widely performed in the U.S. and internationally by ensembles including the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Pacific Chorale, Pasadena Symphony, The Singers...

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Faster (TTBB)

Name: Faster (TTBB)
SKU: DT0020
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Dale Trumbore

A fast-paced opener about boldly choosing to move forward.

Difficulty: 4

Duration: 3-5 min.

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TTBB a cappella

“Faster” is still about feeling stuck, as if life is moving too slowly, and yearning for a change. In the end, the narrator realizes that instead of waiting for the right moment to make that change, they can initiate it; they’re the one who decides when it’s time to leave. Maybe what they want to move on from is metaphorical—maybe they’re feeling stuck in a relationship, or a job—or maybe it’s a literal place.

While “Faster” can be programmed by itself, this piece was composed alongside “Closer to Home” as part of the Open/Close Consortium. “Faster” is about wanting to leave a place; “Closer to Home” is about returning to the same place for the very last time. For a variety of ways to perform these works together or separately, visit daletrumbore.com/consortium-info.

Composer’s Notes

As I wrote “Faster,” I was imagining a time in my life when I felt literally stuck: attending high school in Chatham, New Jersey, in the small town (and small house) in which I grew up. I had plenty of friends and family nearby, and I grew to love certain aspects of that town. It had an excellent music program, which I’m still grateful for today.

Still, I longed for something greater. I wanted my life to go at a faster pace; I wanted the world to open up to me in a way that it hadn’t in Chatham.

Faster is about the moment when that choice finally feels possible. I realized it was up to me how I wanted to live the rest of my life, and nothing has been the same since.

— Dale Trumbore

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I know I should be happy with what I have,
where I am now, the slow and simple life I live.
But it feels like I’m stuck in the same place,
ready for something new,
knowing that something has to give.

What if I want to go faster? What if it’s time to leave?
What if I want the unknown world to open up?
What if I’m ready now to be on my own,
ready to leave a life I’ve outgrown?

Now I choose to either move on,
to go as fast as I can, or be content staying here.
What if I’m tired of feeling left without a voice?
Maybe I’m ready now, ready to make my choice.

When will I know that it’s time to leave?
Even if I had all the answers, what would I want them to be?
And if it’s up to me to decide my own fate,
what if I don’t have to wait?

And even though I’m grateful
for all that’s happened here,
my path is slowly becoming clear:

if I want to go faster, if I want to leave,
the answers are already here; now I can see
that it’s happening, finally.

I can choose to go,
find a way to leave, somehow.
Suddenly, the unknown world
is opening up to me now.

— Dale Trumbore

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