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Dale Trumbore
Dale Trumbore
Faster (TTBB)
A fast-paced opener about boldly choosing to move forward.
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Faster
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Faster
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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