Houston Fiddle Week and Brazos Music are thrilled to showcase Invoke, a versatile string quartet that features both bowed and fretted instruments in concert at MATCH. Houston Fiddle Week, a program of Brazos Music, is an all-ages string camp dedicated to building community through learning and performing various musical styles.
Described as “...not classical but not, not classical – Invoke is beautiful, adventurous, American and immediately engaging” (David Srebnik, SiriusXM Classical Producer), Invoke strives to successfully dodge even the most valiant attempts at genre classification. The multi-instrumental quartet’s other not-nots encompass 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. This passion also inspired Invoke’s ongoing commissioning initiative “American Postcards,” in which they draw on composers from all backgrounds to help tell the stories of America, piece by piece.Read more