1.   But he has never championed new music to the exclusion of older repertory.

2.   He ardently championed the music of Haydn, Berlioz, Delius and Sibelius.

3.   Koussevitzky tirelessly championed music of contemporary Americans.

4.   Most important, he championed music by living composers, especially Americans.

5.   Most recently he championed the music of the rocker Ani DiFranco.

6.   Ms. Upshaw, who has consistently championed American music, is not surprised.

7.   Santana has long championed music of many cultures.

8.   She also championed the music of Russian modernists like Rodion Shchedrin and Alfred Schnittke.

9.   The group will champion music by Copland and his contemporaries as well as their ancestors and heirs, sometimes in intimate concerts at the house but mostly on tour.

10.   Those who champion her music disagree.