Michelle Horsley
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Compositions and Arrangements
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Most scores are free and available for public use upon composer's permission.


O Gladsome Light (Phos Hilaron) - M. Horsley (1/25/23)
SSA, organ
Trinity College, Hartford CT

Savage Daughter - Berginsdottir, arr. M. Horsley (3/12/24)
commission for the Columbus Gay Mens' Chorus

Columbus, OH
TTBB, solo

When We Were Young - Adele, arr. M. Horsley (1/8/23)
commission for the Columbus Gay Mens' Chorus

Columbus, OH
TTBB, solo, violin, cello, piano 

https://youtu.be/j1timcnbj04?si=q_vVyH3f-mBHAQKb​

Easy On Me - Adele, arr. M. Horsley (1/1/22)
commission for the New York City Gay Mens' Chorus
New York, NY

TTBB, solo, violin, cello, piano 
https://vimeo.com/733428331

Salvation - M. Horsley (12/23/19)
SATB a capella
South Church, New Britain, CT

https://youtu.be/x3zTM6Qc26Q

This Little Light of Mine - Spiritual, arr. Mark Patterson, adpt. M. Horsley (10/20/2019)
SATB, piano
South Church & Main Street Children's Choir
South Church, New Britain CT

At The Sign of the Rainbow (from100% Chance of Rain) - Walter S. Horsley, arr. M. Horsley (9/9/18)

SATB, soloist, rainsticks, handbells, piano
South Church - New Britain, CT

Jesus Lives! - M. Horsley (4/15/18)
SATB, soloist, and piano
St. Matthew Lutheran Church  - Avon, CT

Hosannah - M. Horsley (3/25/18)
SATB, children's choir, piano, trumpet 
St. Matthew Lutheran Church - Avon, CT

Breath of Heaven  - Amy Grant, arr. M. Horsley (12/17/17)
Three female voices, piano
St. Matthew Lutheran Church - Avon, CT

In My House (John 14:1-7) (5/14/17)
In honor of Pastor Julie Reuning-Scherer's installation Lead Pastor
SATB, piano
St. Matthew Lutheran Church - Avon, CT

Rocketman - Elton John, arr. M. Horsley (2/25/17)
SATB and piano (commission by Diverse Harmony)
Benaroya Hall - Seattle, WA

Space Oddity - David Bowie, arr. M. Horsley (2/25/17)
SATB and piano (commissioned by Diverse Harmony)
Benaroya Hall - Seattle, WA

Imagine - John Lennon, arr. M. Horsley (11/13/16)
Piano and baritone
https://vimeo.com/191412547
Seattle First Baptist Church - Seattle, WA

Homeward: an SFBC Hymn Journey - M. Horsley (9/11/16)
Piano, organ, cello, and meezo-soprano
https://vimeo.com/182337017
Seattle First Baptist Church - Seattle, WA

Kum Ba Yah - Creole Spiritual, arr. M. Horsley (9/4/16)
Piano solo
https://vimeo.com/181417471
Seattle First Baptist Church - Seattle, WA

We Expect You - Andrae Crouch, arr. M. Horsley (8/7/16)
Piano and baritone
https://vimeo.com/177948660
​Seattle First Baptist Church - Seattle, WA

How Can I Say/Bind Us Together - V. Michael McKay/Bob Gillman, arr. M. Horsley (7/10/16)
Piano and contralto 
Seattle First Baptist Church - Seattle, WA

Let's Hear it for the Boy/Jessie's Girl - Deniece Williams/Rick Springfield, arr. M. Horsley
commissioned by Diverse Harmony, the nation's first queer-straight alliance youth choir
premiered by Spectrum, Diverse Harmony's a capella ensemble
GALA 2016, Buell Theatre - Denver, CO

In Memoriam - M. Horsley (6/19/16)
dedicated to the LGBTQ community and the victims of Pulse Nightclub
Solo piano
https://vimeo.com/171332629
Seattle First Baptist Church - Seattle, WA

Jesus Loves Me  - traditional, arr. M. Horsley (5/1/16)
Solo piano
Seattle First Baptist Church - Seattle, WA

Improvisation on Down Ampney - M. Horsley (4/10/16)
Solo organ
https://vimeo.com/162291326
Seattle First Baptist Church - Seattle, WA

Toccata on Wondrous Love - M. Horsley (4/10/16)
Solo organ
Seattle First Baptist Church - Seattle, WA

I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light/When Love is Found - traditional, arr. M. Horsley (4/3/16)
Solo piano
https://vimeo.com/161556609
Seattle First Baptist Church - Seattle, WA

What Wondrous Love is This - traditional Spiritual, arr. M. Horsley (3/25/16)
Piano, violin, and double bass
Seattle First Baptist Church - Seattle, WA

Variations on Simple Gifts – M. Horsley (10/11/15)
Solo organ
https://vimeo.com/142077327
Seattle First Baptist Church – Seattle, WA
Le P'ing (Golden Breaks the Dawn) - traditional Chinese folksong (3/6/16)
Prepared piano and mandolin
https://vimeo.com/158128436
Seattle First Baptist Church - Seattle, WA

Were You There - African-American Spiritual, arr. M. Horsley (2/22/16)
Piano and Baritone
https://vimeo.com/156210563
Seattle First Baptist Church - Seattle, WA

O Wondrous Sight - M. Horsley (2/6/16)
Organ, soprano, and tenor 
https://vimeo.com/154665223
Seattle First Baptist Church - Seattle, WA

Down By the Riverside – arr. M. Horsley (8/16/15)
Tenor, baritone, alto, and piano 
https://vimeo.com/136453493
Seattle First Baptist Church – Seattle, WA

Fantasy on C-A-F – M. Horsley (5/31/15)
Solo organ
https://vimeo.com/129379595
Seattle First Baptist Church – Seattle, WA

​Toccata on Bring Us Home – arr. M. Horsley (9/13/15)

Solo organ
https://vimeo.com/139293118
Seattle First Baptist Church – Seattle, WA

Break Thou, the Bread of Life – arr. M. Horsley (8/23/15)
Soprano and piano 
Seattle First Baptist Church – Seattle, WA

Imagine/I’ve Got Peace Like a River – arr. M. Horsley (4/12/15)
Solo piano
https://vimeo.com/124767029
Seattle First Baptist Church – Seattle, WA

I will wade out – M. Horsley (3/8/15)
Soprano and organ 
St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral – Seattle, WA

Improvisation on CWM RHONDA – M. Horsley (3/1/15)
Solo organ
https://vimeo.com/121101012
Seattle First Baptist Church - Seattle, WA

Auld Lang Syne/Christmastime is Here – arr. M. Horsley (1/4/15)
Baritone, soprano, viola, and piano 
https://vimeo.com/116035508
Seattle First Baptist Church – Seattle, WA

Silent Night – arr. M. Horsley (12/24/14)
flute and organ 
Seattle First Baptist Church – Seattle, WA

Some Children See Him – arr. M. Horsley (12/14/14)
Baritone, alto, and piano 
https://vimeo.com/114512575
Seattle First Baptist Church – Seattle, WA

Your Love, O God, Has Called Us Here – arr. M. Horsley (11/16/14)
Solo piano
https://vimeo.com/112014155
Seattle First Baptist Church – Seattle, WA

Sois la Semilla – arr. M. Horsley (10/5/14)
Solo piano
https://vimeo.com/108186233
Seattle First Baptist Church – Seattle, WA

My Faith Has Found a Resting Place – arr. M. Horsley (9/7/14)
Solo piano 
Seattle First Baptist Church – Seattle, WA

We Come All, With Our Own Gifts to Offer  - M. Horsley (spring, 2014)
SATB hymn
Duquesne University – Pittsburgh, PA

Jesu, Crucified Savior  - M. Horsley (1/27/14)
SATB, a capella
Duquesne University – Pittsburgh, PA

Each Winter as the Year Grows Older – arr. M. Horsley (12/1/13)
SATB, a capella 
St. John’s Lutheran Church of Highland – Pittsburgh, PA

I Will Extol Thee, O Lord (Psalm 30) – M. Horsley (11/26/13)
SATB a capella
Duquesne University – Pittsburgh, PA

The Courts of the Lord (Psalm 84) – M. Horsley (9/26/13)
SATB a capella
St. John’s Lutheran Church of Highland – Pittsburgh, PA

We Thank God This Day – M. Horsley (4/21/13)
SAB and piano
Presbyterian Church of Plum Creek – Pittsburgh, PA 

Meditation on “Ah, Holy Jesus” – M. Horsley (3/29/13)
Organ and solo bell ringer 
Presbyterian Church of Plum Creek – Pittsburgh, PA

In This PHishcage – M. Horsley (summer, 2010)
Piano and classroom items
PH Freiburg New Music Ensemble – Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Thus Spokes Zarathustra (a study in cyclical rhythm) - M. Horsley (spring, 2010)
for prepared piano and bicycle wheel 
Stetson University - Deland, FL

Tres Piezas  - M. Horsley (spring, 2009)
1.       Lullaby – the moon’s gradual ascent
2.       Jota
3.       Whirlybirds – a galactic atonal salsa
For 2 pianos
Stetson University – Deland, FL

Elizabeth Hall Fantasy – M. Horsley (fall, 2008)
Solo organ
Stetson University – Deland, FL
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