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Interested in joining our Mighty Viking Family and have questions? Please email our band director, Carrie Mitchell at mitchellcs@btcs.org. She would be happy to answer your questions!

Mrs. Carrie Mitchell is currently in her thirteenth year of teaching and her first year as Director of Bands at Tennessee High School in Bristol. Her duties are directing the marching band, symphonic band, jazz ensemble, percussion ensemble, and AP Music Theory. 

Before becoming the Director of Bands at THS, Mrs. Mitchell was the band director at Haines City High School, in Haines City Fl from 2017-2024. From 2014-2017, she was the Director of Bands at Surgoinsville Middle School, Church Hill Middle School, and the Assistant Director at Volunteer High School. She began her teaching career as the Director of Bands at Ashe County High School, in West Jefferson NC where she taught from 2012-2014. 

Marching and concert bands under her leadership have consistently earned superior ratings. During her tenure at Haines City High School, Mrs. Mitchell’s recruitment efforts doubled her band numbers, and the band earned straight superior ratings and advanced to state level music performance for the first time in fourteen years. Mrs. Mitchell has students participate in district and state level honor bands, and her students consistently earn superior ratings at district and state level solo and ensemble events. 

Mrs. Mitchell graduated from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a Bachelor’s in Music Education and a Master’s in Music Education. She is a member of the NAFME, TMEA, ETSBOA, TBA, and PAS. 

Mrs. Mitchell loves spending time with her family, Dr. David Mitchell and their two children, Lily and Lincoln.