Ashley Pearce is a Vancouver based musician and founder of the Canadian band, The Out
Seer, which most recently headlined at the 2023 Penticton Ribfest. She holds a music
diploma from Selkirk College’s Contemporary Music and Technology Program, where she
majored in performance and studied guitar. Her time at school in 2015 was noteworthy when
she performed as a guitarist for the international pop star, Kiesza, during Selkirk College’s
Gala. As well, she participated in a show with The Mighty Popo and his students from the
Rwandan school, Ecole d’Art de Nyundo. Driven to succeed, Ashley continued her education
in Capilano University’s Jazz Studies program where she developed and improved her
musical skills and knowledge. As a representative of the growing generation of female
instrumentalists, Ashley has gotten the opportunity to perform as a big band guitarist with

renowned bandleader, Jill Townsend, during the Cap U Leading Ladies Series in an all-
women’s big band (also performing in the West Coast Big Band Festival, opening for the

Sister Jazz Orchestra).
A dedicated and versatile musician, Ashley has invested her skills in a variety of bands,
session work, shows, projects, and genres ranging from rock, folk, blues, pop, R&B, hard
rock, heavy metal, funk, EDM, jazz, big band, and progressive rock. She’s thankful to have
her guitar playing featured alongside the talents of Baard Kolstad and Derek Sherinian on
tracks for the Canadian prog-rock band, Pareidolon (who were nominated for a Kootenay
Music Award in 2017). Ash makes her day-to-day living by gigging, teaching music, running
Apricot Music Studios, and by taking music contracts for companies like Capilano
Suspension Bridge, Richmond County Farms, and Netflix. She’s happily at home on stage or
in a recording studio, and has performed and done session work at several different venues
and studios all over British Columbia. Excited to share her experiences and help music
students enter the industry, Ash is currently serving as chair of the Program Advisory
Committee for Douglas College’s Music Technology Program.
Ashley’s a skilled and technical guitarist whose abilities stemmed from years of refining
her talents at music school, all while keeping a love of guitar gods such as Eddie Van Halen,
Angus Young, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jimi Hendrix, Ritchie Blackmore, Santana, Eric Clapton,
Jimmy Page, and Slash. Her sound is unique as she has grown up with a variety of different
rock, hard rock, and heavy metal styles to draw influence from and has combined them with
her vocal characteristics to create a unique blend that is entirely her own.