INSTRUCTOR BIOS
Jared Goodpaster
Jared Goodpaster is both a teacher and musician. After years of playing in bands, he decided to yield his rock stardom to a more “enriching” profession: teaching. Jared began teaching English in the Czech Republic and later in New York City. He eventually moved back to Boise to pursue a Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction and get his certification in Social Studies. On the side, he played bass in a band called the Veltexans and an occasional guitar tune with his old buddy Ryan. It was also around this time he began working at Koelsch Elementary. At Koelsch, he realized that working with kids had taught him tools to promote learning, the virtue of patience, and an overall appreciation for the creativity that young minds harbor. However, music was a passion that got left on the back burner and life just felt incomplete. After many longs nights, heated debates, and ear-bleeding hours of Def Leppard, Ryan said to Jared, “Why don’t we teach kids how to play in rock bands?” The idea was born and a month later Boise Rock School put on their first summer camp. In addition to running the Boise Rock School with Ryan, Jared teaches guitar, bass, and some drums.
Ryan Peck
Ryan's musical history consists of writing a lot of songs on piano and guitar. Most of these songs are written in the third person--as Ryan's personal life is a bit boring. He once released a CD that he quickly sold out of. He retains the last remaining copy. Ryan has shared the stage with Ben Harper, Aqualung, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Reckless Kelly, Josh Ritter and, most awesomely, Jared Goodpaster. In his spare time, Ryan teaches Biology at Boise State University (he used to teach 5th graders in the Bay Area), runs a concert series/ NPR radio show titled "Music from Stanley," and tries to teach his dog Molly not to eat his socks.
Ned Evett
It has been over 15 years since Ned Evett used pliers to remove the frets from the fingerboard of a cheap Fender Stratocaster, and inspired a completely new way to play modern guitar. He is now internationally known for modifying the fretless neck of a guitar with durable mirrored glass, pioneering the largely unexplored fretless variation of the conventional guitar and mastering the unlimited melodic range that playing a guitar sans the interposing frets allows. Ned was born in Nashville, Tennessee, and raised in Boise, Idaho. His music originates in early classical guitar training of which he gained proficiency by 14 years of age. Ned Evett’s musical history reads like a manual for global rock success, as he’s proved in eight solo tours through Canada, England, Ireland, France, Italy, and Australia the strength of his international appeal. Ned has staged over 700 concerts, opened more than 50 times for guitar legend Joe Satriani, and performed in hallowed music halls like the renowned Manchester Apollo and Birmingham Academy. Time and time again audiences are treated to Ned’s onstage myriad of sounds and effects licked from one of a kind guitars, and his arresting stage performance connects audiences all over the world to music that was once completely unknown.
Armed with the critical acclaim of such major national publications as USA Today, who recently extolled, “Ned Evett is the perfectly sane, and vastly entertaining master of the fretless glass-necked guitar,” Evett is also revered among his peers for transcending musical boundaries and continually delivering unpredictable, and innovative content.
Casey Miller
Casey Miller began life as a drummer at age 0. After earning his degree in Percussion Performance, he spent many years as a touring and studio session musician, after which he began exploring his passion for audio recording, mixing, and mastering. Casey has helped shaped countless recordings from artists around the country as a drummer, guitar player, engineer, and producer.
