Partitura · May 2026

Rehearsals take place in a room at AMI’s Centro Porta Amiga in Campanhã. When people arrive, everyone greets each other warmly – there are little jokes, scattered gesturesthat place each reunion within the shared, almost ritual dimension of a community. A ritual of recognition. Recognition among equals, as Jorge Prendas, the project’s artistic director and coordinator of Casa da Música’s Education Service, explains. He has led the initiative since 2009, in partnership with the League for Social Inclusion: “Som da Rua is an open port [Oporto] for everyone. It’s a space of inclusion, where it doesn’t matter whether you’re a professional musician, an amateur, a social worker, or someone going through a difficult time in life. What matters is the group”.