Laura Karpman’s All American
Listen to the world premiere performance of a new anthem that honors forgotten women composers
When Laura Karpman composed All American, she went looking for patriotic songs written by American women that were ignored by history. Expecting to find a few, she instead found hundreds. Karpman quotes the work of three of those composers—Mildred Hill, Emily Wood Bower, and Anita Owens—in this new American anthem for a more inclusive country. James Gaffigan introduces the piece and leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic in the world premiere performance in August of 2019.
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