The Extemporaneous Music and Arts Society (EMAS) is an art collective dedicated to advancing improvised and experimental work in Kansas City. Founded in 2021 by Seth A Davis and Evan Verploegh.
Upcoming Performances
Sunday, September 8
Sunday, September 8
Damon Smith, Jeff Harshbarger, Krista Kopper, Aaron Osborne
Westport Coffee House
7 pm
Sunday, September 8
Twig Harper, Kelley Gant + Shante Clair, Evan Verploegh + Ida Rowan
MiniBar
8 pm
Wednesday, October 2
Sex Funeral, EMAS
Granty’s Place
7 pm
Thursday, October 17
Untight, TUN, EMAS Electro-Acoustic Ensemble
Farewell
8 pm
Friday, October 25
Tim Kaiser, EMAS, Vanish Mode
Farewell
8pm
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EMAS Records
EMAS Records was founded in 2021 and is focused on releases from people affiliated with EMAS to promote improvised and experimental music in Kansas City and the greater midwest.
Releases
Brennan Connors, Seth A Davis, Evan Verploegh
Connors/Davis/Verploegh (2022)
Cooper, Davis, Kopper, Verploegh, Williams
Compressed Space (2023)
EMAS Quartet
EMS (2022)
Krista Kopper
Blessed Are Those Who Mourn (2023)
Krista Kopper & Benjamin Baker
Open Sea (2023)
Krista Kopper & Evan Verploegh
For the Trees (2022)
Torches Mauve (Evan Verploegh & Seth Andrew Davis)
Volume One (2023)
Volume Two (2023)
VDO
VDO (2022)
Verploegh & Baker
Singles (2021)
Badger State Games (2022)