The Prayer Project was created by Amanda Harberg in collaboration with the National Flute Association. The goal of the project was to uplift and bring friends and colleagues together through the creation and performance of music during the difficult period of isolation caused by Covid-19. Harberg originally composed Prayer in 2011 as a meditation on healing after an illness of a close family member.
The Prayer Project is conducted by Maestra JoAnn Falletta, and features 91 flutists from around the world, alongside harp, percussion and timpani.
Composed and Arranged by Amanda Harberg
Conducted by JoAnn Falletta
Produced by Amanda Harberg and Micah Fink
Edited by Micah Fink
Final Mix by Ryan Streber, Oktaven Audio
Web Design and Consultant Ulla Suokko
In association with the National Flute Association
Sheet music available from Theodore Presser Company
Harp
Mélanie Genin
Timpani/Percussion
Andrew Bambridge
Soloists
Robert Langevin
Erica Peel
Piccolo 1
Zart Dombourian-Eby
Pamela Stahel
Nicola Mazzanti
Lindsay Leach Sparks
Marta Rossi
Erica Peel
Piccolo 2
Gudrun Hinze
Mary Ann Archer
Peter Verhoyen
Regina Helcher Yost
Patricia Lazzara
Chelsea Kaye Anderson
Flute 1
Amy Porter
Angela Massey
Erika Boysen
Eve Marie Nezich
Jennifer Grim
Julietta Curenton
Rena Urso
Tara Rozanski
Robert Langevin
Flute 2
Trudy Kane
Chelsea Davis
Dilshad Posnack
Joanna Bassett
Laura Dwyer
Nancy Stagnitta
Snježana Pavićević
Flute 3
Asako Arai
Christine Gustafson
Jennifer Parker-Harley
Mercè Medina Estelrich
John McMurtery
Lucian Rinando
Pam Youngblood
Coreisa Janelle Lee
Caroline Sonett-Assor
Chelsea Davis
Emily J. Butterfield
Flute 4
Caroline Sonett-Assor
Nicole Chamberlain
Svjetlana Kabalin
Anna K. Meyer
John Bailey
Noelia Miranda Gutierrez
Flute 5
Deb Harris
Michael Alampi
Hilary Abigana
Martha Wadlington Buck
Sally Foreman Humphreys
Spencer Hartman
Flute 6
Marie Schwartz
Jeannie Fessenden
Isaiah Shaw
Natasha Loomis
Paul Novak
Susan M. Davis
Wendy Luck
Mina Valtcheva
Hilary Abigana
Alto Flute 1
Carole Bean
Deborah Rebeck Ash
Eileen Grycky
Matthew Roitstein
Rose Johnson
Christopher Chaffee
Penny Zent
Alto Flute 2
Virginia Schulze-Johnson
Barbara Ogar
Gretchen Pusch
Hal Ide
Mindy Kaufman
Eileen Grycky
Sascha Rathey
Sharyn Byer
Matthew Roitstein
Alto Flute 3
Darla Wilmot
Pamela Sklar
Peter Westbrook
Sascha Rathey
Sharyn Byer
Stefanie Janin
Bass Flute 1
Wendy Stern
Katherine Emeneth
Christine E. Beard
Lish Lindsay
Nan Raphael
Janet Somers
Bass Flute 2
Cobus du Toit
Kim Hickey
Elise Carter
Jenny Cline
Kerm Towler
Wendy Stern
Contrabass Flute
Phyllis Avidan Louke
Jonathan Cohen
Ned NcGowan
Sydnee Stein
Paige Dashner Long