Jack Talty
Jack Talty | |
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| Education | London College of Music University College Cork University of Limerick Irish World Academy of Music and Dance |
| Occupations | Composer, musician, record producer and engineer |
| Relatives | Noel Hill (uncle) |
| Awards | Mary V. Hart Memorial Award Seán Ó Riada Memorial Award Gradam Comharcheol TG4 |
| Website | jacktalty |
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 hundred 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[3] and Ensemble Eriu.[9]
He was traditional artist in residence at University College Cork in the 2018–19 academic year[10] and a Duala Creator in Residence at the Irish Traditional Music Archive in 2018.[11] In 2021, he was awarded the Liam O'Flynn Award by the Arts Council and the National Concert Hall.[12]
He has a PhD in music from the University of Limerick[2] and teaches regularly at traditional music festivals including Willie Clancy Summer School[13] and South Sligo Summer School.[14]
Discography
[edit]Solo and collaborations
[edit]- Na Fir Bolg (2011) with Cormac Begley
- In Flow (2016)
- Visioning (2024) soundtrack to the film of the same name
- Coire na Cheoil (2026)
with Ensemble Ériu
[edit]- Ensemble Ériu (2013)
- Imbas (2016)
- Stargazer (2017)[15]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Jack Talty - Concertina". irish-music.net. Archived from the original on 2021-05-15. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- 1 2 "No Blueprint: An Interview with Jack Talty". The Journal of Music. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- 1 2 Carroll, Jim. "Ensemble Ériu: 'Our idea was to get together and see what we come up with'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ↑ "Jack Talty". Irish Memory Orchestra. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ↑ "Raelach's efforts stand tall in trad". Irish Echo. 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ↑ "Tony MacMahon: Farewell to Music review – beautiful slow airs that linger". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ↑ "Tony Mac Mahon". Tony Mac Mahon. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ↑ Dineen, Donal. "Donal Dineen's Sunken Treasure: Jack Talty & Cormac Begley's Na Fir Bolg". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ↑ "Ensemble Ériu". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ↑ "Jack Talty Appointed Traditional Artist in Residence at UCC". The Journal of Music. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ↑ Archive, Irish Traditional Music (2020-12-08). "Duala: Creators-in-Residence at ITMA, Jack Talty and Maurice…". ITMA. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ↑ http://research.ucc.ie/profiles/A021/JTalty@ucc.ie
- ↑ "Concert: Jack Talty (concertina) | Maynooth University". www.maynoothuniversity.ie. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ↑ "South Sligo Summer School - Tutors". www.sssschool.org. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ↑ "Discography". Jack Talty. Retrieved 2026-07-02.