Jack Talty Explained

Jack Talty
Nationality:Irish
Occupation:Composer

Jack Talty is an Irish musician, composer and producer from Lissycasey, County Clare.[1] He performs traditional Irish music on piano and concertina, which he learnt from his uncle Noel Hill.[2]

He is co-founder of Ensemble Eriu[3] and principal concertina player of the Irish Memory Orchestra.[4]

With Ensemble Eriu he won the 2015 TG4 Gradam Ceoil Award for Music Collaboration.

He founded the record label Raelach Records in 2011 to focus on traditional and folk music.[5] He has produced/co-produced over a dozen albums for the label, including Farewell to Music the final album by Tony MacMahon[6] [7] and The Irish Concertina 3: Live in New York by Noel Hill.

He has appeared as a performer on several releases on Raelach Records including Na Fir Bolg with Cormac Begley.[8] and the Ensemble Eriu releases Imbas[9] and Ensemble Eriu.[10]

He was traditional artist in residence at University College Cork in the 2018–19 academic year[11] and a Duala Creator in Residence at the Irish Traditional Music Archive in 2018.[12] In 2021, he was awarded the Liam O'Flynn Award by the Arts Council and the National Concert Hall.[13]

He has a PhD in music from the University of Limerick[14] and teaches regularly at traditional music festivals including Willie Clancy Summer School[15] and South Sligo Summer School.[16]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Jack Talty - Concertina. 2020-12-08. irish-music.net.
  2. Web site: No Blueprint: An Interview with Jack Talty. 2020-12-08. The Journal of Music. en.
  3. Web site: Carroll. Jim. Ensemble Ériu: 'Our idea was to get together and see what we come up with'. 2020-12-08. The Irish Times. en.
  4. Web site: Jack Talty. 2020-12-08. Irish Memory Orchestra. en.
  5. Web site: 2020-11-16. Raelach's efforts stand tall in trad. 2020-12-08. Irish Echo.
  6. Web site: Tony MacMahon: Farewell to Music review – beautiful slow airs that linger. 2020-12-08. The Irish Times. en.
  7. Web site: Tony Mac Mahon. 2020-12-08. Tony Mac Mahon. en.
  8. Web site: Dineen. Donal. Donal Dineen's Sunken Treasure: Jack Talty & Cormac Begley's Na Fir Bolg. 2020-12-08. The Irish Times. en.
  9. Web site: Carroll. Jim. Ensemble Ériu: 'Our idea was to get together and see what we come up with'. 2020-12-08. The Irish Times. en.
  10. Web site: Ensemble Ériu. 2020-12-08. The Irish Times. en.
  11. Web site: Jack Talty Appointed Traditional Artist in Residence at UCC. 2020-12-08. The Journal of Music. en.
  12. Web site: Archive. Irish Traditional Music. 2020-12-08. Duala: Creators-in-Residence at ITMA, Jack Talty and Maurice…. 2020-12-08. ITMA. en.
  13. http://research.ucc.ie/profiles/A021/JTalty@ucc.ie
  14. Web site: No Blueprint: An Interview with Jack Talty. 2020-12-08. The Journal of Music. en.
  15. Web site: Concert: Jack Talty (concertina) Maynooth University. 2020-12-08. www.maynoothuniversity.ie.
  16. Web site: South Sligo Summer School - Tutors. 2020-12-08. www.sssschool.org.

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