At the very heart of City at Peace are ordinary teenagers achieving extraordinary things. Over the years in many shows, these teenagers, working in collaboration with professional artists and musicians, have created dozens of original musical compositions, articulating the sometimes difficult reality they face and their remarkable spirit for the future.

This year on one weekend, City at Peace brought together a group of teenagers from City at Peace programs in four different cities - New York, Los Angeles, Charlotte, and Baton Rouge. They gathered together as a national chorus to rehearse and record a compilation of City at Peace songs from past shows. Each song comes from one of the original musicals written and performed by City at Peace teenagers over the last four years.

City at Peace now announces the release of these teenagers' work - a CD of City at Peace music entitled City at Peace: Volume 1.

Each song on the CD comes from one of the original musicals created and performed by City at Peace teenagers over the last four years. All of the lyrics were written by the youth cast members themselves or come from their writings or ideas. The music and lyrics were finally composed and arranged by professional artists.

Paul Griffin, Founder & President of City at Peace-National, is the Executive Producer of the project. Gerald Trottman, former Musical Director of City at Peace-New York and well-known composer and musician, is the Musical Director. Mark Harder, formerly with the Hit Factory, is overseeing the production and mixing the songs. All three have combined to produce the CD.

Like all of the shows that we create, the songs on this CD represent the voices of our youth. They express the serious reality our teenagers face as well as their aspirations for the future. Their aim is to send a much needed statement of hope for our communities and our world. We hope you will listen to it, enjoy what you hear and join us as we strive to build our cities at peace.

Click here to order City at Peace: Volume 1 online. For more information or to order the CD offline, e-mail us at info@cpnational.org or call us at 212-924-2300.