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
Saturday, April 5
Alex Cunningham & Seth Davis // Verploegh, Clair, Kopper, Osborne
DM For Address
7:30pm Show
Wednesday, April 30
Apricot Glow // Urban Forum
Hillsiders (KCK)
8pm
Saturday, May 3
Brother Moses, Keo & Them, Hotel Leo, They're Theirs
Lemonade Park (KC)
6pm
Saturday, May 10
Grateful Phish Heads
Lemonade Park (KC)
7pm
Friday, May 16
Pauline Oliveros Concert
Greenwood Social Hall (KC)
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