Jack Talty

{{Short description|Irish musician, composer and producer}}

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Jack Talty is an Irish musician, composer and producer from Lissycasey, County Clare.{{Cite web|title=Jack Talty - Concertina|url=https://irish-music.net/jack-talty.htm|access-date=2020-12-08|website=irish-music.net}} He performs traditional Irish music on piano and concertina, which he learnt from his uncle Noel Hill.{{Cite web|title=No Blueprint: An Interview with Jack Talty|url=https://journalofmusic.com/news/no-blueprint-interview-jack-talty|access-date=2020-12-08|website=The Journal of Music|language=en}}

He is co-founder of Ensemble Eriu{{Cite web|last=Carroll|first=Jim|title=Ensemble Ériu: 'Our idea was to get together and see what we come up with'|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/ensemble-%C3%A9riu-our-idea-was-to-get-together-and-see-what-we-come-up-with-1.2687588|access-date=2020-12-08|website=The Irish Times|language=en}} and principal concertina player of the Irish Memory Orchestra.{{Cite web|title=Jack Talty|url=https://www.irishmemoryorchestra.com/jack-talty.html|access-date=2020-12-08|website=Irish Memory Orchestra|language=en}}

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.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-16|title=Raelach's efforts stand tall in trad|url=https://www.irishecho.com/2020/11/raelachs-efforts-stand-tall-in-trad/|access-date=2020-12-08|website=Irish Echo}} He has produced/co-produced over a dozen albums for the label, including Farewell to Music the final album by Tony MacMahon{{Cite web|title=Tony MacMahon: Farewell to Music review – beautiful slow airs that linger|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/tony-macmahon-farewell-to-music-review-beautiful-slow-airs-that-linger-1.2900006|access-date=2020-12-08|website=The Irish Times|language=en}}{{Cite web|title=Tony Mac Mahon|url=https://tonymacmahon.wordpress.com/|access-date=2020-12-08|website=Tony Mac Mahon|language=en}} 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.{{Cite web|last=Dineen|first=Donal|title=Donal Dineen's Sunken Treasure: Jack Talty & Cormac Begley's Na Fir Bolg|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/donal-dineen-s-sunken-treasure-jack-talty-cormac-begley-s-na-fir-bolg-1.2955698|access-date=2020-12-08|website=The Irish Times|language=en}} and the Ensemble Eriu releases Imbas{{Cite web|last=Carroll|first=Jim|title=Ensemble Ériu: 'Our idea was to get together and see what we come up with'|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/ensemble-%C3%A9riu-our-idea-was-to-get-together-and-see-what-we-come-up-with-1.2687588|access-date=2020-12-08|website=The Irish Times|language=en}} and Ensemble Eriu.{{Cite web|title=Ensemble Ériu|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/ensemble-%C3%A9riu-1.1585702|access-date=2020-12-08|website=The Irish Times|language=en}}

He was traditional artist in residence at University College Cork in the 2018–19 academic year{{Cite web|title=Jack Talty Appointed Traditional Artist in Residence at UCC|url=https://journalofmusic.com/news/jack-talty-appointed-traditional-artist-residence-ucc|access-date=2020-12-08|website=The Journal of Music|language=en}} and a Duala Creator in Residence at the Irish Traditional Music Archive in 2018.{{Cite web|last=Archive|first=Irish Traditional Music|date=2020-12-08|title=Duala: Creators-in-Residence at ITMA, Jack Talty and Maurice…|url=https://www.itma.ie/latest/news/duala-creator-in-residence-2018|access-date=2020-12-08|website=ITMA|language=en}} In 2021, he was awarded the Liam O'Flynn Award by the Arts Council and the National Concert Hall.http://research.ucc.ie/profiles/A021/JTalty@ucc.ie

He has a PhD in music from the University of Limerick{{Cite web|title=No Blueprint: An Interview with Jack Talty|url=https://journalofmusic.com/news/no-blueprint-interview-jack-talty|access-date=2020-12-08|website=The Journal of Music|language=en}} and teaches regularly at traditional music festivals including Willie Clancy Summer School{{Cite web|title=Concert: Jack Talty (concertina) {{!}} Maynooth University|url=https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/concert-jack-talty-concertina|access-date=2020-12-08|website=www.maynoothuniversity.ie}} and South Sligo Summer School.{{Cite web|title=South Sligo Summer School - Tutors|url=https://www.sssschool.org/tutors.html|access-date=2020-12-08|website=www.sssschool.org}}