"I was audacious enough to approach not only local composers," he said, "but those of international stature and ask them to write pieces for us."

Some artists make a point of commissioning music created by a local composer especially for the dance site.

I believe we have some wonderful local composers.

But Elgar was a local composer, born only 30 miles from Birmingham.

He added over 150 new works to the repertoire, including works of composers local to the countries visited by the ensemble.

Original music was written for the production by local composer, Richard Shepherd.

He painstakingly attended to any and all local composers who came knocking, score in hand.

Radius further enhances its artistic diversity by promoting works of living and younger local composers.

Some local composers supplied songs and sheet music aimed at a tourist market.

For the third consecutive year, Mr. Thomas began the season with a new work by a local composer.