Summary
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]
Jack Talty | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Composer |
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]
References edit
- ^ "Jack Talty - Concertina". irish-music.net. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ^ "No Blueprint: An Interview with Jack Talty". The Journal of Music. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Carroll, Jim. "Ensemble Ériu: 'Our idea was to get together and see what we come up with'". 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
- ^ "No Blueprint: An Interview with Jack Talty". The Journal of Music. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ^ "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.