Castlemilk’s Babbling Brook - Tyler Zwink (Digital Download)

Standard: Intermediate to Advaned   Harp Type: Lever Harp

Last summer I struggled with my mental health, mainly adjusting from my recent move to Scotland. At the recommendation of my therapist, I spent more time in nature and found myself often visiting Castlemilk Park, which is near where I live. While the park has quite a bit of pollution, there are many beautiful spots throughout its winding roads. My favourite area is a babbling brook that runs from a nearby waterfall. Sitting near the brook after crossing the path of various wildlife helps calm my nerves to this day. This composition exhibits a few different areas and views from Castlemilk Park, as well as my journey to a better headspace.

Tyler Zwink is an American composer living in Glasgow, Scotland. He has earned his Bachelor of Music Education degree from the University of Central Oklahoma in the United States, and his Masters in Music Composition at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow where he studied with Bekah Simms, David Fennessy, and Stuart MacRae.

Zwink’s music has been performed in Spain, Mexico, Scotland, and in many regions across the United States. He has received multiple research grants to compose his 5 operas, as well as collaborated with the Inchcolm New Music Ensemble, Hebrides Ensemble, OK City Opera, Woodward Arts Theater, The Julius Quartet, Con Anima Choir, Wichita Symphony Orchestra, National Library of Scotland, and the International Brazilian Opera Company. Zwink received the Grand Prize of the What IF? Call for Flute Scores and the Inchcolm New Music Ensemble Composer Competition, as well as finalist positions at the Red Jasper Composer's Competition, the OPERA AMERICA Librettist Competition, and the Movot's Ensemble Master Course for Young Composers in St.Petersburg. More recently, Zwink has been selected as the woodwind department’s composer in residence at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, and winner of the Creative Enterprise Development Office’s Ideas Fund, Innovation Studio Seed Fund, and Converge Creation Fund.