Keith Patchel (July 23, 1955 – August 7, 2021) was an American musician and composer. Patchel studied at the

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in New York City with among other teachers Samuel Adler. His ''Pluto Symphony'' created for the

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was an official selection for nomination for the 2015

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. Patchel composed the opera "

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" about the U.S. bombings of

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which premiered at the Medicine Show Theater in

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on December 10, 2016. He was the recipient of the 2017 Acker award for music. Patchel played guitar and sang backing vocals on the track ''Losin' Anna'' on Richard Lloyd formerly of

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's 1987 album

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. Patchel created the original music for the 2008 film '' Shoot First and Pray You Live starring

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. Patchel wrote and performed the accompanying music for

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's 2017 spoken word cd ''The Further Chronicles of Now''.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Patchel, Keith 1955 births 2021 deaths American composers American musicians