Inspired by the principles of the Metropolitan Charter for Culture 2023-2028 and part of the MATER 17 initiative promoted by the Porto Metropolitan Area, this project continues to open space in each municipality and in the metropolitan sphere for collaborative work between all those who want to be part of it: city council members and officers, cultural agents and members of each community.

The Metropolitan Choir/Body began in 2021 as a social and cultural construction project associated with artistic and musical practice, of a collaborative nature, through networking capable of promoting the sense of identity and belonging of the Porto Metropolitan Area based on the involvement of its communities, presenting the result of 17 unique artistic residencies dedicated to a collective look at the material and immaterial heritage of the 17 municipalities that comprise it.

In 2022 the Metropolitan Choir/Body performed in Espinho, bringing together for the first time and on the same stage all the voices that made up the choir, in a travelling show about the vast territory of the Porto Metropolitan Area, crossing paths that go from the mountains to the sea.

In 2023, introducing an introspective approach, the Metropolitan Choir/Body took a new collaborative creation to the Municipality of Paredes, presenting a show inspired by the human body and a reflection on a creative process made up of many voices.

In 2024 and 2025 O COR(p) O METROPOLITANO took to the stage at the Coliseu do Porto to sing April (April 1974 Revolution in Portugal), feel April, make April, in two distinct moments – “April in September”(2024) and “April in April”(2025) – to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Carnation Revolution and Democracy, paying tribute to the voices, faces and memories of those who fight every day for freedom for everyone. Together.