Evan Verploegh (he/him) is a drummer based in Kansas City, Missouri, after relocating from Wisconsin in late 2019. He serves as co-founder of the Extemporaneous Music and Arts Society. EMAS is a collective group dedicated to advancing improvised and experimental artistic work in Kansas City. In 2022, he was awarded a studio residency at Charlotte Street Foundation. Committed to improvisation as an artform, Evan draws from influences of free jazz, contemporary classical, and experimental rock. Evan also serves as an active organizer of live music and arts events.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
Thursday, September 18
Art Edmaiston (Memphis) & Steve Hirsh (MLPS) - EMAS
Bunker Center For The Arts
7:30 pm Show
Saturday, September 20
Apricot Glow
Plaza Art Fair
4:50 pm
Saturday, September 20
True Lions, Teri Quinn, Foxlin
8th St Taproom
8pm
Wednesday, September 24
Devin Gray + EMAS
The Ship
8 pm
Wednesday, October 1
Improvisational Duets (Music + Dance)
Charlotte Street Foundation
7:30 pm
Thursday, October 9
Dylan Earl // True Lions
Hillsiders
9pm
Saturday, October 11
Sass-a-Brass
Mural Walk
3pm
Saturday, October 11
Marmoppes // True Lions // Little Systems (Nashville)
The Ship
9pm
Sunday, October 12
Charmaine Lee // EMAS // Midwest Sushi
Vulpes Bastille
7pm
Live at ArtStart (2018)
Live at Sir Benedicts (2020)
Brennan Connors, Seth A Davis, Evan Verploegh
Connors/Davis/Verploegh (2022)
Brennan Connors, Seth Andrew Davis, Jakob Heinemann, Evan Verploegh
Alchemy Of Stone And Star (2024)
Cooper, Davis, Kopper, Verploegh, Williams
Compressed Space (2023)
EMS Quartet
EMS (2022)
Evan Verploegh
Drum Set and Piano Improvisations No. 1 (2020)
K.E.B. Trio (Kyle Quass, Brendan Keller-Tuberg, Evan Verploegh)
finding light (2022)
Krista Kopper & Evan Verploegh
For the Trees (2022)
Kyle Hutchins, Aaron Osborne, Seth Andrew Davis, Evan Verploegh
Quartet Vol. 1 (2022)
Labor Dog
Clocking In (2021)
Midnight Oil (2023)
Torches Mauve (duo with Seth Andrew Davis)
Hunter (2022)
Volume One (2023)
Volume Two (2023)
Sterling Witt
Something's Awry (2020)
VDO
VDO (2022)
Verploegh & Baker
Singles (2021)
Badger State Games (2022)
In Kansas City, musicians are building an experimental scene that is 'underground' by design - KCUR
Person of the Year - Plastic Sax
New Kid in Town - KC Jazz Ambassadors
Concert Review: Kyle Hutchins, Aaron Osborne, Seth Davis and Evan Verploegh at Charlotte Street Foundation - Plastic Sax
Concert Review: Second Nature Ensemble At Westport Coffee House - Plastic Sax
Album Review: Verploegh & Baker- Singles - Plastic Sax
Concert Review: Benjamin Baker, Kevin Cheli, Seth Davis, Jeff Kaiser, Aaron Osborne and Evan Verploegh - Plastic Sax
Album Review: Extemporaneous Music Society - EMS Quartet - Plastic Sax
Album Review: Seth Andrew Davis, Kyle Hutchins, Aaron Osborne and Evan Verploegh- Quartet, Vol. 1 - Plastic Sax
Article: These Kansas City musicians are just making it up as they go along — but that's the plan - KCUR