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	BILL WHELAN - Composer
		Bill Whelan, composer of Riverdance The Show, has worked extensively in theatre, television and film.
		Bill recently composed the musical score for the critically acclaimed Irish history television documentary, The Seven Ages, produced and directed by Sean O Mordha.
		Bill Whelan is the winner of the 1997 Grammy Award for 'Best Musical Show Album' for the Riverdance CD.
	www.billwhelan.com (182 words)

	BILL WHELAN - Discography
		Composed by Bill Whelan, produced by Moya Doherty, and directed by John McColgan, Riverdance The Show highlights the excitement of Irish dance and music and has been captivating audiences all over the globe.
		Whelan's score for Dancing At Lughnasa combines the texture and strains of traditional Irish music with a sensibility singularly informed by both classical and popular musical styles.
		Bill Whelan's involvement manifested itself in his arranging and producing the album as well as performing alongside some of Ireland's finest musicians, Mairtin O'Connor, Anthony Drennan, Noel Eccles, Kenneth Edge, Michael O'Súilleabháin as well as Bulgarian musician Nikola Parov who later appeared in Riverdance The Show.
	www.billwhelan.com /discogmain.html (1006 words)

	"Wild Bill" Whelan: 1927-2003
		Bill created a legion of stories, many dealing with his practical jokes and escapades, whether at the Bayou, at Uncle Billy's in North Beach, or traveling cross-country on his motorcycle.
		Bill never left the Army Map Service until retirement, never left DC, and impressed his friends as really a good cook and a good family man. Even with Bill's extroverted nature and powerful playing, Nat Kinnear remembered him as "A wonderful life, a glorious friend, and magnificent husband and father".
		Whelan is survived by his wife of 54 years, Peggy; daughters Sharon Rowe and Deborah Gentry of Manteo, N.C., and Cathleen Pigg of Dale City, Virginia; son Patrick Whelan of Fountain Inn, S.C.; and seven grandchildren.
	www.jazzhouse.org /gone/lastpost2.php3?edit=1078881065 (1179 words)

	Bill Whelan's Riverdance: Dirty Linen #63
		Whelan and Lunny shared writing credits for two thirds of this mini-suite, which was also released as a 12" single.
		Whelan produced and arranged two albums for Andy Irvine at the end of 1990 and the start of 1991, though neither was released for some time.
		Whelan spent 1992 putting together his first large-scale orchestral work, The Seville Suite (Kinsale to La Coruña), which was commissioned by the Irish government as part of Ireland's National Day at Expo '92 in Seville, Spain.
	www.dirtynelson.com /linen/feature/63whelan.html (3422 words)

	The Western High School-Duke Ellington School of the Arts Alumni Association: Wild Bill Whelan
		The death of Wild Bill Whelan at age 76 on August 21, 2003 leaves a huge hole in the Washington DC jazz scene.
		The legendary Wild Bill Davison, a musical icon who made jazz history and was a close friend and mentor to Whelan over several decades, knew musical integrity when he heard it.
		Whelan took ill on the bandstand and doctors found a vascular situation he was born with and told him to not play for a couple of years.
	www.western-ellington.org /whelan_w_b.html (1020 words)

	Riverdance - News
		Bill Whelan has been a leading light in the Irish music industry for twenty six years.
		Bill has worked extensively in theatre throughout his career; his adaptation of Gilbert and Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore had successful runs at London’s Old Vic, Melbourne and Sydney and received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination.
		Bill will be presented with the Industry Award at the Meteor Ireland Music Awards Show on Thursday February 2nd which will feature performances by The Darkness, Jamie Cullum, Westlife, Damien Dempsey, The Sugababes, Bell X1, Gemma Hayes, McFly, Republic of Loose and Lifetime Achievement recipients The Pogues.
	www.riverdance.com /htm/news/news_item.php?id=43 (587 words)

	William V. Whelan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Whelan is a partner in the Labor and Employment Practice Group in the firm’s San Diego office.
		Whelan specializes in labor and employment matters exclusively on behalf of management.
		Whelan is a member of the Labor and Employment Section of the California State Bar Association.
	www.sheppardmullin.com /attorneys/bios/bio.cfm?attorneyid=78 (257 words)

	Blog of Death: Wild Bill Whelan
		William F. "Wild Bill" Whelan, a jazz singer and musician who performed in Washington D.C. for nearly 50 years, died on Aug. 21 of kidney failure and a stroke.
		Whelan first played the trumpet at Linton Hall military school and Western High School, which is now known as the Duke Ellington School of the Arts.
		Whelan also fronted the Bicentennial Jazz Band and played cornet and string bass with many local groups, including Fat Cat's Festival Jazzers, the Not-So-Modern Jazz Quartet and the Washington Monumental Jazz Band.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/000278.html (257 words)

	RTE.ie Entertainment - Meteor Industry Award for Bill Whelan
		Grammy Award-winning composer Bill Whelan is to be presented with the prestigious Industry Award at the 2006 Meteor Ireland Music Awards.
		Whelan received a Best Musical Show Album Grammy Award in 1997 for his recording of 'Riverdance'.
		Whelan is currently writing a new stage musical.
	www.rte.ie /arts/2006/0201/whelanb.html (228 words)

	Department of Medical Biophysics - Faculty - Dr. Bill Whelan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		LCL Chin, WM Whelan and IA Vitkin, “Information content of point radiance measurements in turbid media: implications for interstitial optical property quantification”, Journal of the Optical Society of America, (in press), 2005.
		Spirou, A. Oraevsky, IA Vitkin and WM Whelan, “Optical and acoustic properties at 1064nm of polyvinyl chloride-plastisol (PCP) for use as a tissue phantom in biomedical photoacoustics”, Physics in Medicine and Biology, 50, N141-N153, 2005.
		Sean R H Davidson, I. Alex Vitkin, Michael D. Sherar and William M. Whelan, "Characterization of measurement artefacts in fluoroptic temperature sensors: Implications for laser thermal therapy at 810 nm" Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 36, 297-306 2005.
	medbio.utoronto.ca /faculty/whelan.html (562 words)

	Bill Whelan - Biography
		Like his work for "Riverdance", Whelan's score for Dancing at Lughnasa combines the textures and strains of traditional Irish music with a sensibility singularly informed by both classical and popular musical styles.
		In addition to his composition for film and stage, Bill Whelan has also worked as composer, producer and arranger for many renowned artists, including U2, Van Morrison, Kate Bush and Paul Brady.
		Whelan provided the original music scores for the films Some Mother's Son, Lamb and At the Cinema Palace; in 1997 his best-selling album of music from Riverdance The Show, won a Grammy Award for Best Musical Show.
	www.sonyclassical.com /artists/whelan/bio.html (341 words)

	IMRO \| About
		Today, Friday 2nd March at 8.00pm at a prestigious fl tie ceremony held in Dublin Castle renowned Irish Musician, Bill Whelan was presented with the IMRO Award by An Taoiseach, Mr.
		Ahern spoke of the enormous influence Bill Whelan and his peers have had on Irish Music and its traditions both domestically and internationally together with the tremendous breadth of Bill’s musical activities stretching over the last 20 years.
		In essence Bill’s track record in the Irish Music Industry leaves no doubt as to why he would be unanimous choice for an award such as The IMRO Award for contributions to Irish Music Industry.
	www.imro.ie /about/bill_whelan_presented.shtml (401 words)

	Riverdance - Bill Whelan
		Bill has worked extensively in theatre and film.
		He has written and recorded a new composition with the classical violinist Vanessa-Mae, and is currently writing a new stage musical.
		Bill was honoured with the 1997 Grammy Award for 'Best Musical Show Album' for his Riverdance record.
	www.riverdance.com /htm/theshow/thejourney/bill_whelan.htm (208 words)

	Los Gatos Weekly-Times \| 'Tall' Bill Whelan
		Bill had been quite ill recently, but he was only middle-aged and seemed on the upswing, and I never expected his passing, much as had been the case with my own father, who died equally unexpectedly some years back.
		Eventually Bill even got to know my mother, doing some work for her, with which she was pleased.
		News reports of the death of 49-year-old Bill Whelan indicated that his body was discovered when the door to his pickup camper came open while the vehicle was being towed.
	www.svcn.com /archives/lgwt/04.07.99/whelan-9914.html (734 words)

	Amazon.ca: Riverdance Music From The Riv: Music: Bill Whelan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		There, its phenomenal reception inspired composer Bill Whelan to expand the piece into a full-length stage show, still centred around Irish music, but now telling a loose story of many different peoples who in the twentieth century have found themselves émigrés.
		Complete with orchestra, Bill Whelan brings influences from Irish classical music, incorporates the haunting sound of vocal group Anuna, and adds the diverse folk sounds of Nova Scotia, Macedonia, Russia and Andalucia to his rich cultural melting pot.
		Bill Whelan has also worked on the soundtrack for Rob Roy, and composed The Seville Suite and The Spirit of Mayo.
	www.amazon.ca /Riverdance-Music-Riv-Bill-Whelan/dp/B000005B2O (1229 words)

	Bill Whelan by Ethan Frome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Prior to the spectacular success of his Riverdance composition at Eurovision ’94, Bill Whelan was well known in Ireland as a composer of music for theater and television, and as a record producer with a number of Irish and International hits to his name.
		His emotive score for the Terry George/Jim Sheridan film Some Mother’s Son was the No. 1 movie on release in Ireland, and the soundtrack album a Top 20 hit.
		Whelan recently completed the score for the film version of Dancing at Lughnasa starring Meryl Streep.
	www.celticcafe.com /archive/Shows/riverdance/Whelan.htm (481 words)

	Power Line: Bill Whelan of the Hoover
		Bill Whelan of the Hoover Institution reports on the Callifornia gubernatorial race.
		However, Whelan questions whether these allegations, though shocking, will have shock value, since this is what voters have come to expect from Governor Davis.
		According to Whelan, next Tuesday's vote will challenge the midterm electin of 1942, when only 35.7 percent of voters participated, as the lowest attended election in American history.
	powerlineblog.com /archives/001307.php (175 words)

	Bill Whelan, Dancing at Lughnasa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		I'm not generally a fan of soundtrack music, but composer Bill Whelan drew on a clear understanding of traditional music to make this soundtrack a little bit special.
		Bill Whelan's original reels show all the characteristics of traditional Irish reels and are very danceable.
		Whelan's lush yet simple orchestration and Keane's emotional performance of this old standard will send chills up your spine.
	www.rambles.net /bill_whelan_lughnasa.html (221 words)

	Amazon.com: Riverdance: Music From The Show: Music: Bill Whelan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		There, its phenomenal reception inspired composer Bill Whelan to expand the piece into a full-length stage show, still centered around Irish music, but now telling a loose story of many different peoples who in the 20th century have found themselves émigrés.
		Complete with orchestra, Whelan brings influences from Irish classical music, incorporates the haunting sound of vocal group Anuna, and adds the diverse folk sounds of Nova Scotia, Macedonia, Russia, and Andalucia to his rich cultural melting pot.
		Whelan also has worked on the Rob Roy soundtrack and composed The Seville Suite and The Spirit of Mayo.
	www.amazon.com /Riverdance-Music-Show-Bill-Whelan/dp/B000005B2O (1041 words)

	BILL WHELAN - News
		Bill Whelan has teamed up with Charlotte Church in a song featured in the new animated classic "A Christmas Carol" due for release in cinemas this Christmas.
		Bill recently completed his specially composed score for the critically acclaimed series "The Seven Ages".
		Bill's orchestral work entitled "The Seven Ages" is performed by the RTE Concert Orchestra conducted by PrionnsÌas ² Duinn.
	www.billwhelan.com /newsmain.html (657 words)

	Bill Whelan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bill Whelan (born May 22, 1950) is the Irish composer who was asked to compose a piece for the interval of the 1994 Eurovision Song Contest.
		The end result, Riverdance, was a seven-minute display of traditional Irish dancing that became a full-length stage production and spawned a worldwide craze for Irish dancing and celtic music.
		Whelan is a native of Limerick, and was educated at Crescent College, University College Dublin and the King's Inns.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bill_Whelan (325 words)

	TARACD3030 - The Seville Suite Bill Whelan
		September 2003 will see A further two performances of Bill Whelan's orchestral work 'The Seville Suite' at the Glor Music Centre, Ennis, Co. Clare on Thur.
		Bill also composed the musical score for the critically acclaimed Irish history television documentary, The Seven Ages, produced and directed by Sean O Mordha.
		Bill also orchestrated the scores for Noel Pearson's productions of The Pirates of Penzance and HMS Pinafore, at the Old Vic., the latter for which he received a Laurence Olivier Award Nomination.
	www.taramusic.com /archive/3030perf.htm (569 words)

	Bill Whelan - AOL Music
		Bill Whelan - the Grammy-award winning Irish composer of the music of Riverdance, as well as many orchestral works and well known film scores.
		In 1997, Bill Whelan won the Grammy Award for "Best Musical Show Album" for his...
		Download, listen and watch Bill Whelan music, mp3's, song lyrics, music videos, Internet radio, live performances, concerts, and more on AOL Music.
	music.aol.com /artist/bill-whelan/137424/main?_pgtyp=pdct (180 words)

	TARA3030 : The Seville Suite - Bill Whelan
		Bill Whelan has been working as a composer and record producer in Dublin for over fifteen years.
		Harp, Whistles and Galician Pipes are performed by the well-known Spanish traditional group Milladoiro.
		The album also features a re-recording of 'Timedance' which was performed by Planxty (including Bill) for the interval of the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest which was staged in Dublin.
	www.taramusic.com /press/pr3030.htm (551 words)

	RTE.ie Entertainment - Bill Whelan music bursary launched
		Irish composer Bill Whelan has today announced the foundation of the Bill Whelan International Music Bursary.
		The Bursary programme will run for five years, grants will range from €4,000 to €7,000 and the programme will be administered with the assistance of The Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO).
		Speaking at the launch of the bursary Whelan said: "It is a great honour for me to be in a position to contribute to the Irish Music Industry in such a way as to help emerging composers gain access to some of the foremost music institutions in the world."
	www.rte.ie /arts/2003/0429/whelanb.html (159 words)

	Dancing At Lughnasa - Bill Whelan (Composer) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		(Composer) - One of Ireland's most renowned composers, Bill Whelan has worked as a composer, producer and arranger for many internationally-acclaimed artists including U2, Van Morrison, Kate Bush and Paul Brady.
		He is best known for his work as the musical force behind "Riverdance The Show"; his innovative approach to Irish music affirmed with the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.
		Whelan's film credits include the score for Lamb with Van Morrison, the R.T.E.'s Twice Shy and the award-winning At the Cinema Place.
	www.sonypictures.com /classics/dancingatlughnasa/filmmakers/whelan.html (121 words)

	Riverdance by Bill Whelan CD
		The Grammy Award-winning soundtrack to the popular Riverdance stage show has been re-released with a bonus remix of "Riverdance," as well as deluxe packaging which includes photographs from the show.
		Bill Whelan, who has worked for twenty years as a composer, producer, and arranger (his credits include work for Kate Bush, Hothouse Flowers, Van Morrison, and U2, among others), achieved international recognition for RIVERDANCE.
		Whelan incorporates a variety of ethnic musical traditions as well as modern and choral music and the hypnotic, rhythmic hard-shoe Irish dancing for which RIVERDANCE is famous.
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/pid/1202861/a/Riverdance.htm (271 words)

	Sheet Music Plus - Bill Whelan: Riverdance - The Music (Deluxe Edition) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is great for anyone who is up for the challenge.
		Bill Whelan: Selections From Riverdance For Pennywhistle For pennywhistle and guitar (chords...
		Bill Whelan: Selections From Riverdance Arranged For Easy Piano For piano, vocal...
	wwws.sheetmusicplus.com /sheetmusic/detail/MS.AM968320.html (212 words)

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