EMAS Presents: Extra Large Electro-Acoustic Big Band (ELEABB)

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 from 7:30-9:00 PM

For this months series, EMAS is putting together the Extra Large Electro-Acoustic Big Band featuring local members of the improvised and jazz communities in Kansas City, The group will be performing a new work by EMAS member Seth Andrew Davis entitled VALIS featuring an AI improviser named Cybersyn, and live interactive visuals. Bringing together human and virtual musicians along with an interactive visual environment, the piece attempts to extend and pay tribute to large ensemble/big band jazz and improvised music. Musicians performing in the ELEABB include: Aaron Osborne, Dan DiPiero, Dwight Frizzell, Evan Verploegh, Krista Kopper, Patrick Conway, Shanté Clair, Brad Cox, Loren Broaddus, Zak Pischnotte, Leslie Butsch, Ryan Heinlein, Stephanie Priddy, Andrew Tray, Austin Williamson, and Seth Andrew Davis.

EMAS Presents is an experimental and improvised music series curated by Seth Andrew Davis + Evan Verploegh. An extension of the collective Extemporaneous Music & Arts Society, EMAS Presents highlights local, national, and international music practitioners to grow Kansas City’s improvised music community.