Carrie Epperson is the Band and Jazz Band, and assistant Orchestra Director at North Kansas City High School.  She began her teaching career in the fall of 2004 at Smith-Cotton High School in Sedalia, Missouri.  At Sedalia, she assisted with the Marching Band and Concert band, and she taught Jazz Band and sponsored the S-C Winter Drumline and the Brass Choir. 

A native of the North Kansas City area she graduated from Winnetonka High School in 1999.  There she was an active member in the music department, performing in many ensembles including Band and Jazz Band.  She made history by being the first member from a Winnetonka band to make an All-State ensemble in 1999.  After high school, she attended Central Missouri State University and majored in Instrumental Music Education.  At CMSU she was a member of the University Concert Band (principal chair trumpet), the University and Collegiate Jazz Ensemble on both saxophone and trumpet, University Symphony Orchestra, Central Vibes Percussion Ensemble, and she was a Drum Major with the Marching Mules.  She was also a founding member of the Service Brass Quintet.  She finished her collegiate experience student teaching at Sweet Springs High School in 2004 and graduated with her BME in Instrumental Music Education in May of 2004.

Ms. Epperson is an active performer on many instruments.  While she is primarily a trumpet player with the Sedalia Symphony and the Liberty Center Orchestra in Sedalia, she has also played percussion and clarinet with the Warrensburg Community Band and she has played saxophone and drum set with the Warrensburg Community Jazz Band.  She has performed on cornet with the Fountain City Brass Band in Kansas City, and in 2008 she traveled to New York and made her Carnegie Hall debut on the French Horn. 

Ms. Epperson is a member of Missouri Music Educators Association, Music Educators National Conference and she is an alumnae member of Sigma Alpha Iota the professional women’s music fraternity.