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Patrick Haesler is a composer, performer, sound designer and recording artist from Canberra, Australia (Ngunnawal Country). Beginning as a trumpet player, Patrick has since branched into numerous musical fields, drawing influences from jazz and progressive music. In 2018 Patrick entered the world of theatre, acting as musical director for ANU’s Arts Revue. Since then, he has reprised this role as well as composing music and designing sound for several theatre productions. These include It's Not Creepy If They’re Hot (2019), Macbeth (2020), The Tempest (2021), Dracula (2022), The Initiation (2022), How To Vote (2022) and Soul Trading (2022). Patrick has released soundtrack albums for many of these productions. Most recently in December 2022 Patrick released the soundtrack for Soul Trading, a 14 track album featuring music from and inspired by the play, and an original curtain call song performed by fellow composer and young musician Oakelani.