FoM 2026 / 40th ANNIVERSARY

INVOKE

Sunday, April 19, 2025 at 3pm First Presbyterian Church, 96 Main Street, Stamford, NY

Suggested donation: $15 adults, $10 students and seniors, free for ages 13 and under

No reservations required.

“…Not anything but everything: Classical, Folk, Bluegrass, Americana and a sound yet to be termed seamlessly merged into a perfect one” (David Srebnik, SiriusXM Classical Producer)

American Voices
Invoke weaves together our country’s dynamic compositional voices over 100+ years into one exciting journey, peppered with Invoke’s own original and commissioned works.

Nick Montopoli, violin/banjo/vocals
Zach Matteson, violin/vocals
Karl Mitze, viola/mandolin/vocals
Geoff Manyin, cello/vocals

Invoke successfully dodges even the most valiant attempts at genre classification. The multi-instrumental quartet
encompasses traditions from across America, including bluegrass, Appalachian fiddle tunes, jazz, and minimalism. Fueled by their
passion for storytelling, Invoke weaves all of these styles together to form a unique contemporary repertoire, featuring original works
composed by and for the group. Strings Magazine observes, “the remarkable string quartet Invoke has repeatedly proven
one thing over its first 11 years: it simply cannot be contained by any one label.”

Invoke was the Young Professional String Quartet in Residence at the University of Texas at Austin from 2016-2018. Since being
selected as Interlochen’s Emerging Artists Quartet in 2014, the group has been a featured artist and on faculty at the Interlochen
Adult Chamber Music Camp. The group also participated in the Emerging String Quartet Program at Stanford, and was an Artist
in Residence at Strathmore and the Fellowship String Quartet at Wintergreen Performing Arts. In 2018, Invoke was named a winner
of the Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition in New York, NY, received First Prize at the M-Prize International Chamber Arts competition in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and received First Prize in the Coltman Competition in Austin, Texas.

Invoke has shared the stage with some of the most acclaimed chamber groups in the country, including the Westerlies, Miró
and Ensō Quartets, and the U.S. Army Field Band. Additional performance highlights include Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall,
Lincoln Center, the Phillips Collection, and the Green Music Center. Invoke has also appeared with musicians from various genres,
including chamber rock group San Fermin, indie group Never Shout Never, and DC beatboxer/rapper/spoons virtuoso Christylez Bacon. 

2026 Friends of Music Schedule