Jack Talty is a multi-award-winning traditional musician, composer, educator, and academic from County Clare on the west coast of Ireland. He has performed extensively throughout Europe, the United States, Australia, and Asia, and has contributed to over 100 albums to date as a musician, producer, composer, arranger, and engineer.  A regular contributor to traditional arts programming on various regional, national and international media, Jack is the founder and artistic director of the critically-acclaimed traditional music label, Raelach Records.

 

A Lecturer in Irish Traditional Music at the Department of Music, University College Cork since 2021, Jack established UCC's first MA in Irish Traditional Music in 2024. In 2023, Jack became a member of the steering committee of the National Campaign for the Arts.

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Jack's academic work draws on ethnomusicology, musicology, artistic research, and music technology to explore research areas as diverse as traditional arts pedagogy; musical canonicity and institutionalisation; the album as creative process; composition; arts advocacy and policy; and music technology.  ​​