Jack Talty

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Jack Talty
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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]

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References

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