Laura Sedgwick Collins (1859–1927) was an American musician, composer and actress. Laura Sedgwick was born in Poughkeepsie, New York. She graduated from the Lyceum School of Acting in New York City and performed in theaters in New York and Brooklyn. She played the piano and wrote music, including "The Two Republics" a march performed at the unveiling of the Statue of Liberty. She belonged to the Music Teachers' National Association. Works Collins wrote mostly theater music, but also songs and violin pieces. Selected works include: The Two Republics Pierrot, music for the play Electra, music for the play (1889) Thou'rt like a lovely Flower {Du bist wie eine Blume} part-song for men's voices, words by H. Heine (1900) The Night-Watch, part-song for men's voices, words and music by L. S. Collins (1900) Love is a Sickness, part-song, words by S. Daniel (1900) The Origin of the Rainbow (1908) My Philosophy, song, words and music by L. S. Collins (1911) Sleepy Time, song, words by A. Fitch (1913) Tree of Light!, a community carol, words and music by L. S. Collins (1916) Everybody's Christmas! and It's your Christmas and mine! words by Louise Horton, two community carols for mixed voices with piano or organ accompaniment (1917) In memoriam: A tribute to Theodore Roosevelt, (1919) References 1859 births 1927 deaths 19th-century American actresses 19th-century American composers 19th-century classical composers 20th-century American actresses 20th-century classical composers Actresses from New York (state) American women classical composers American classical composers American music educators American women music educators American Romantic composers American stage actresses Musicians from Poughkeepsie, New York 20th-century American women musicians 20th-century American composers Educators from New York (state) Classical musicians from New York (state) Wikipedia articles incorporating text from A Woman of the Century 20th-century women composers 19th-century women composers 19th-century American women musicians