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Chris Hepola

Minneapolis drummer, pianist, composer, educator, and improviser Chris Hepola leads House on Fire Band and works across collaborative Twin Cities projects.

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About Chris Hepola

A Minneapolis music-school biography identifies Hepola as a city-based drummer, pianist, and composer whose work crosses genres and includes performance, recording, and education.[1]

House on Fire Band’s artist-run catalog credits Hepola’s writing and documents a Minneapolis set recorded at Icehouse. Berlin’s program separately places him on drums in the collaborative group Rainfields.[2][3]

House on Fire Band

The artist-run release preserves Hepola’s original instrumental writing and live Minneapolis ensemble work.[2]

Rainfields

Berlin documents the trio with Liz Draper on bass, Hepola on drums, and Crystal Myslajek on keys.[3]

Twin Cities teaching

Music Lab identifies his local teaching practice alongside performance and composition.[1]

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House on Fire Band on BandcampStream a Minneapolis live set featuring Hepola’s compositions.Chris Hepola performance videoWatch “Memory” with Hepola on drums.

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