EVAN VERPLOEGH
DRUMMER | KANSAS CITY
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. His playing explores the concepts of reaction, patience and sincerity.
Evan also serves as a organizer of live music and arts event, including serving as music coordinator of the 2019 Project North Music, Arts and Sustainability Festival in Rhinelander, WI. Since relocating to Kansas City in late 2019, Evan has performed and organized over 50 live events.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
Sunday, August 7, 2022
Duo with Ben Baker
World Culture (KCMO) - 5pm
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Spontaneous Experiments: Free Improvisation Open Jam
5529 Troost Ave (KCMO) - 7:30pm
Wednesday, August 17, 2022
EMAS Presents: Zachary Hickerson
Charlotte Street (KCMO) - 7:30pm
Friday, August 19, 2022
Camp Childress | Seth Davis & Evan Verploegh
Cafe Berlin (Columbia, MO) - 8pm
Tuesday, August 23, 2022
Spontaneous Experiments: Free Improvisation Open Jam
5529 Troost Ave (KCMO) - 7:30pm
Wednesday, September 4, 2022
EMAS 1-ish Year Anniversary ft. Labor Dog
World Culture (KCMO) - 4pm
DISCOGRAPHY
Boat Patrol
Live at ArtStart (2018)
Live at Sir Benedicts (2020)
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)
Kyle Hutchins, Aaron Osborne, Seth Andrew Davis, Evan Verploegh
Quartet Vol. 1 (2022)
Labor Dog
Clocking In (2021)
Seth Andrew Davis and Evan Verploegh
Hunter (2022)
Sterling Witt
Something's Awry (2020)
VDO
VDO (2022)
Verploegh & Baker
Singles (2021)
VIDEOS
PRESS
New Kid in Town - KC Jazz Ambassadors (March 2021)
Concert Review: Kyle Hutchins, Aaron Osborne, Seth Davis and Evan Verploegh at Charlotte Street Foundation - Plastic Sax (July 2021)
Concert Review: Second Nature Ensemble At Westport Coffee House - Plastic Sax (July 2021)
Album Review: Verploegh & Baker- Singles - Plastic Sax (October 2021)
Concert Review: Benjamin Baker, Kevin Cheli, Seth Davis, Jeff Kaiser, Aaron Osborne and Evan Verploegh - Plastic Sax (October 2021)
Album Review: Extemporaneous Music Society - EMS Quartet - Plastic Sax (February 2022)
Album Review: Seth Andrew Davis, Kyle Hutchins, Aaron Osborne and Evan Verploegh- Quartet, Vol. 1 - Plastic Sax (February 2022)