http://www.irishcentral.com/topics/IAC IrishCentral IAC en-us http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/from_the_hob/masters-bill-whelan-and-athena-tergis-for-iac-series-107447538.html http://www.irishcentral.com/story/ent/from_the_hob/masters-bill-whelan-and-athena-tergis-for-iac-series-107447538.html Fri, 12 Nov 2010 03:15:14 PST It was another very successful musician who decreed that “the times they are a changing” over four decades ago, and when it comes to Irish music today that is certainly the caseOne of the biggest catalysts in changing the landscape and the prism in which Irish music is seen and heard is composer Bill Whelan of Riverdance fame While the success of the popular dance show scored by his musical genius has been unparalleled, this Limerick man prefers to work in solitude and not directly under the spotlight of center stageSo it will certainly be intriguing to see him come out of the shadows in his first performing role in a few years as he engages fiddler Athena Tergis in the fourth edition of the Irish Arts Center’s Masters in Collaboration from November 17-21 READ MORE ]]>