Selected Works
With reflections by Sora
"Single parenting my six children from ages 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 left its mark on a lot of my music."
Ode to the Days of Transition
Performed by Sora Jederan Shpack
Whirling Woman
Acrylics by Michael Clifford Shpack
“Many of my works are developed from bits and pieces of dreams and meditations. ”
The Mirror
Performed by Amplifyer A Capella
Walking into the Door of Your Mind
Photo by Sora Shpack
Ocean Winds
Pastels by Gloria Perry
“I am spiritual, mindful of the sacred nature of people and the earth, and with respect for all religions.”
The Shores of Life
Performed by Amplifyer A Capella
“Being a woman encourages me to stand up for myself and others.”
In Her Own Voice
Performed live at the National Flute Convention 2015
Elizabeth Shuhan, flute; Juliana May Pepinsky, flute; Sera Smolen, cello; Andrea Merrill, piano; Stephanie Dumas, speaker and percussion.
Two Girls
Acrylics by Michael Shpack
Sora talks with Israeli President Shimon Perez at Ramat Rachel Archeological Dig, 2009
Photo by
“Years of research, traveling, trial compositions and stories prepared me for TOV”
All the Walls
Performed by Carnegie Mellon University Philharmonic Orchestra, Tobias Volkman, Conductor
“People say we have a life’s work, TOV is my life’s work.”
Lament
from TOV: The Other Voices
Jewish Women's Archive. "Women and hand drums terracotta." <https://jwa.org/media/women-and-hand-drums-terracotta>.
Performed by Baritone Harlan Hays and Pianist Franz Zhao
Instrumental
Winter on the Levant 2021
Piano with or without voice
Text and Music Sora Jederan Shpack
The Hope of America 2018
Concerto For First Year Flutist and High School Band
Music Sora Jederan Shpack
Performance-Recording: January 2018
Commissioned by the Harmony Project Phoenix, Arizona
Melanie Brooks, Organizer and Conductor
All the Walls with Spoken Text
Orchestra and Spoken Voice
Text and Music Sora Jederan Shpack
Performance July 25th, 2010
Winner Grassroots Orchestral Composition 2010
Grassroots Festival Orchestra
Cayenna Ponchione, conductor
Summer Travels 2010
String Quartet
Music Sora Jederan Shpack
JACK Quartet Reading: April 6th, 2010
First Place Winner CMU 2010 String Quartet
All the Walls 2010
Orchestra
Winner of 2010 Regional Reading by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Reading: February 20, 2010
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Larry Loh, resident conductor
All the Walls 2010
Performance: February 17th, 2010
Carnegie Mellon University Philharmonic Orchestra
First Place Winner CMU 2010 Orchestra Composition
Tobias Volkman, master’s student conductor
Deuteronomy III Act I Scene 1 and 2
Text and Music Sora Jederan Shpack
Orchestral reading - academic
Carnegie Mellon University Contemporary Ensemble
Reading: April 22, 2009
Remembering Messiaen 2008
Flute and Piano
Music by Sora Jederan Shpack
Vocal: Choral, Opera, Solo
TOV: The Other Voices
Outline of Operas in One Hour Episodes from King Hezekiah to King Josiah
Text and Music for King Amon and Queen Yadidyah 2021-2022
Text and Music Sora Jederan Shpack
Winter on the Levant 2021
Piano with or without voice
Text and Music Sora Jederan Shpack
Lithium 2021
Baritone and Piano
Text and Draft of Music Sora Jederan Shpack
Metā-Maitrī 2017
SATB and Piano
Text and Music Sora Jederan Shpack
Performance: May 2017
Commissioned and performed by Champlain Valley Voices
Timothy Morningstar Conductor
The Shores of Life: dedicated to the 65 million displaced people 2016
SATB, 2 flutes, piano
Text and Music Sora Jederan Shpack
In Her Own Voice for Mezzo-Soprano and Quartet 2016
Mezzo-Soprano, Flute, Cello, Prepared Piano, Percussion
Text and Music Sora Jederan Shpack
The Mirror for SSAATTBB a cappella 2016
Revised and written for Choir
Text and Music Sora Jederan Shpack
Sunlight and Jeweled Stars 2016
Tenor Soloist, SATB Choir, Piano
Flute Choir – 1 picc, 4 c fl, 2 alto fl, 2 bass fl
Text and Music Sora Jederan Shpack
In Her Own Voice 2015
2 Flutes, Piano, Cello, Percussion and Spoken Text
Performance: August 2015
Winner of National Flute Association Composers New Works
Premier performance National Flute Association Convention, Washington, DC Commissioned and performed by: Ithaca Flute Duo and Friends
Text and Music Sora Jederan Shpack
A Mother's Love: Moses From the Qur'an - Oratorio 2014
SATB, Middle Eastern Ensemble, Strings, Percussion
Text and Music Sora Jederan Shpack
Performance: Ithaca, NY Mother's Day, May 11th, 2014 (1.5 hours) Voices Multicultural Chorus with Vocal Soloists: Lauren Smith, Catherine Gale, Andrew Hudson-Sabens, Geofrey Royall
Middle Eastern Ensemble: Greg Ezra, Ertugrul Gerdan, Adem Merter Birson, Mahmud Burton, H. Oktay Altun, Sora Jederan Shpack, Rebecca Ann Abeles Couillard
Strings: Kevin Pham, Tiffany Lu, Joseph Prusch, Rima Gunes, Jaime Kibbelsbeck, Carol Oddy.
Percussion: Aaron Walters
Director/Conductors: Baruch Whitehead and Lorrene Adams
Commissioned by Voices Multicultural Chorus with a Grant from The Community Arts Partnership of Tompkins County
The Winds of Time 2012
SATB, Middle Eastern Ensemble, Flute, Strings, Percussion and Piano
Come Travel 2012
SATB, Middle Eastern Ensemble, Flute, Strings, Percussion,Piano
In the Cave of Hira 2013
SATB and SATB Soloists, Flute and Piano or Chamber Orchestra
Silent Spirit 2013
SATB, Violin, Flute and Piano
Salutations to the Prophets 2014
SATB, Middle Eastern Ensemble, Flute, Strings, Percussion,Piano
Prophets Meet 2012
TB Soloists, Piano and Percussion or Strings and Percussion
These Are The Verses 2013
SA Soloists, Piano and Percussion or Strings and Percussion
Pharaoh and The New Star 2014
SATB and SATB Soloists and Piano
We Inspired Your Mother 2013
SATB Soloists, Piano and Percussion or Strings and Percussion
Infant Moses 2014
SATB and SATB Soloists and Piano
Allah’s Love 2012
Children’s Song with Piano
Allah is Great 2014
SATB Chorus, SATB Soloists, Flute, Piano, Percussion, Chamber Orchestra
Eight Bells 2010
Baritone, Flute, Cello, Piano
Text by John Lee Payton
Performance: May 8th, 2010
Carnegie Mellon University Composer’s Concert
Ray Blackwell, baritone, Elizabeth Osorio, flutist,
Ana Isabel Zorro, cellist, Galison Lau, pianist
Sora Jederan-Shpack, conductor
On A Ritual to Read to Each Other (revised)
Stanzas I-V Picc, Cl, Bsn, Tpt, Tbn, Perc, Vln, Vlc, D.B.
Text by William Staford
Carnegie Mellon University Contemporary Ensemble
Reading: April 15, 2010
Walter Morales, conductor
Deuteronomy III Opera - Act I Act II Act III 2010-2015
Orchestra and Soloists
The juxtaposition of ancient Israel and contemporary USA military families
Text and Music Sora Jederan Shpack
Hymn of Gratitude 2007
SATB and Flute Quartet
Composed: September
Text and Music Sora Jederan Shpack
University of Utah Flute Choir
Performance: December 3, 2007
Flute and...
The Shores of Life: dedicated to the 65 million displaced people 2016
SATB, 2 flutes, piano
Text and Music Sora Jederan Shpack
In Her Own Voice for Mezzo-Soprano and Quartet 2016
Mezzo-Soprano, Flute, Cello, Prepared Piano, Percussion
Text and Music Sora Jederan Shpack
Sunlight and Jeweled Stars 2016
Tenor Soloist, SATB Choir, Piano,
Flute Choir – 1 picc, 4 c fl, 2 alto fl, 2 bass fl
Text and Music Sora Jederan Shpack
In Her Own Voice 2015
2 Flutes, Piano, Cello, Percussion and Spoken Text
Performance: August 2015
Winner of National Flute Association Composers New Works
Premier performance National Flute Association Convention, Washington, DC Commissioned and performed by: Ithaca Flute Duo and Friends
Text and Music Sora Jederan Shpack
Songs of Many Waters 2011
Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone-bass, Strings
Text and Music Sora Jederan Shpack
Performance: July 29, 2011
Performed at the Opening Event of “A Year in the Life of Six Mile Creek” Catherine Gale, mezzo-soprano and Geofrey Royal, baritone-bass New Violin Family Strings
Commissioned by the Park Foundation and the Level Green Institute
Eight Bells 2010
Baritone, Flute, Cello, Piano
Text by John Lee Payton
Performance: May 8th, 2010
Carnegie Mellon University Composer’s Concert
Ray Blackwell, baritone, Elizabeth Osorio, flutist,
Ana Isabel Zorro, cellist, Galison Lau, pianist
Sora Jederan-Shpack, conductor
Remembering Messiaen 2008
Flute and Piano
Music by Sora Jederan Shpack
Hymn of Gratitude 2007
SATB and Flute Quartet
Composed: September
Text and Music Sora Jederan Shpack
University of Utah Flute Choir
Performance: December 3, 2007
For Children
Songs to Sing and Play 2019-2021
with Design layout and teaching pages by Sora Jederan Shpack
Book 1 Introducing the piano, color notes for one octave twins and triplets
Music stories: Friends on Black Keys and on White Keys;
Lily and Rhoda Meet the Ants; Lily and Rhoda Run to the Pond
Text and Music Sora Jederan Shpack and Emily Shumway 49pp
Book 2 Color notes for two octaves twins and triplets, lines and spaces
Text and Music Traditional and Sora Jederan Shpack
Book 3 Notes C4-G4 and C3 to G3
Text and Music Traditional and Sora Jederan Shpack
Book 4 Notes A3-4 and B3-4, pentatonic sharps and flats, hands together
Text and Music Traditional and Sora Jederan Shpack
Elephant and Bird on the Savannah 2019
Text and Music Sora Jederan Shpack
Almaya: Children’s Operetta
Based on the Russian folk tale, Blue Green Wonder
Composed: January 1993
Libretto: Jan Burger
Grant Elementary School, Grades 1-5 soloists and small ensembles of children's voice and Piano
Performance: April 1993
Commissioned: by the Grant Public School from the Springville Public School District