Directors & Staff
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Mr. Rein has served as Director of Bands at Centennial High School since 2013. Mr. Rein directs the Marching Band, the Wind Symphony and Concert Band. Mr. Rein’s ensembles have excelled at regional marching, concert, and jazz competitions, and festivals.
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An educator since 2004, Mr. Rein came to Frisco with years of experience. Mr. Rein attended Austin Peay State University in Clarksville Tennessee and achieved a bachelors in Music Education. He also attended Depaul University in Chicago Illinois and achieved a masters in music performance with an emphasis in Bass Trombone. His primary teachers have included Susan K. Smith of the Nashville Symphony, Charles Vernon of the Chicago Symphony, and Tom Matta, Chicago freelance trombonist. Other notable teachers include Gil Long, Richard Steffen, Mark Fischer, Floyd Cooley, Bob Lark, Tim Coffman, Bob Lee, Robert Hodge, Pete Evans and Todd Hill.
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Mr. Rein currently resides in Frisco with his wife Katie and their dogs Derby, and Zoey.
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Mrs. Kay joined the Centennial band staff in 2016. Mrs. Kay conducts the Symphonic Winds and assists with marching band. Before coming to Frisco, she began her teaching career with the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD as an elementary music teacher, assistant band director, and then head band director at Dan F. Long Middle School.
Mrs. Kay grew up in Richardson and received her Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Texas Christian University in 2008. While at Texas Christian University, Mrs. Kay performed with the Wind Ensemble under the direction of Mr. Bobby Francis and studied clarinet with Mr. Gary Whitman. She also played with the TCU Symphony Orchestra and has spent several years playing with both the Carrollton Wind Symphony and Metropolitan Winds.
Mrs. Kay enjoys reading, traveling, and is a certified yoga instructor. Mrs. Kay currently resides in Garland with her husband Trevor and their cats Ruby and Lily.
Michael Hernandez, Percussion Coordinator / Associate Director of Bands
Michael Anthony Hernandez is the Percussion Coordinator/Associate Director of Bands for the Centennial High School Cluster in Frisco, Texas. An alumnus of the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas, Michael served as adjunct faculty at Baylor University with the Golden Wave Band and the University of Texas at Arlington from 1999-2003. Most recently, Michael served as the Plano Senior HS Associate Director of Bands, Percussion Coordinator, & Performing Arts Department Chair, conducting the Plano Symphonic and Concert 2 Bands, assisting with the Plano Wind Ensemble, Plano Jazz Studies, and has co-conducted the Plano Pops Orchestra throughout his tenure. As a systems developer, Hernandez has been associated with the Plano Cluster Music program since 1991.
As a professional musician, he has performed with the Dallas Wind Symphony, the Allen Symphony, and the Richardson Symphony in addition to freelance work in the North Texas Metroplex. Michael was a member of the Desperadoes Steel Drum Band and the Serenaders Traditional Steel Drum Band in Trinidad and Tobago and a member of the DFW-based Panhandlers Steel Drum Band. His marching percussion experiences include the Sky Ryders Drum and Bugle Corps, the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps and the University of North Texas Drumline. Michael served as the Operations Executive and was a founding member of the percussion-publishing company, Drop6 Media, Inc., Hernandez is the author of "Beats - A Drum Method"; co-author of the exercise book series: “Listen In,” and composer/arranger of several percussion ensembles published through Drop6 Media, Inc., now owned by Rowloff Publications.
Hernandez coordinated the Plano Percussion Program from 1992-1999 and 2003-2025. With Plano, Michael developed a nationally recognized, award winning percussion program. Comprised of Plano Senior High School, Clark High School, Vines High School, and formally Jasper High School, Plano Percussion offered a myriad of percussion opportunities to his students. In addition to cultivating an enriching applied lessons program, Plano Percussion offered Classical and Pop Percussion Ensembles, concert and orchestral percussion study, the drum set ensemble Toolkit Sonnet, the Plano Tabla Group, the samba group, Plano Batucada, the Plano Middle School Wildcat Percussion Group, the Plano Drumaton, an annual event started in 1998, the Plano Drumline Competition (PdlC), the Plano Percussion Chamber Music Festival (PCMF), the PanCats Steel Drum Band, the Pan Ragga Traditional Pan-‘Round-de-Neck Band, the Plano Percussion Parent Ensemble (PPPE) since 2011, and Spettacolo, the percussion program’s multi-faceted percussion experience. In addition, Hernandez hosted the Plano MS Summer Percussion Camp, the Toolkit Sonnet Drum Set Summer Camp, site host of Marimba Madness, and has hosted and coordinated the Leigh Howard Stevens Pre-College Summer Marimba Seminar at Plano.
Michael is well respected in the percussion idiom and in demand as a percussion instructor, marching band and drumline show designer, arranger, adjudicator and has served as percussion consultant with many award winning band programs in the North Texas area. He serves as the coordinator of the nationally acclaimed University of North Texas Marching Percussion Camp and held a position on the indoor drumline staff at the University of Texas at Arlington. Michael’s percussion pedagogy has also been featured in the educational series “The Art of Teaching Music." Hernandez’ professional affiliations include American Federation of Musicians (AFM), Percussive Arts Society (PAS), Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA), and National Bandmasters Association (NBA).
In addition, Michael maintains an active schedule as a freelance graphic artist with his company, DrYouSophisticatedCool (DYSC). Originally from San Antonio, Texas, he resides in Plano, Texas with his wife Kimberly Hernandez (McMillan MS Band Director, Wylie, Tx), their son, Anthony who is starting graduate studies at Parker University in Dallas, TX, and their cat, Romo.
Gracie Bazan, Percussion Paraprofessional
Miss Bazan joined the Centennial band staff in 2025. Miss Bazan recently graduated from the University of North Texas with a Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education. During her time there, she performed in the Green Brigade Marching Band, Percussion Ensembles, Steel Bands, and Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Amy Woody. She studied under remarkable educators such as Mark Ford, Dr. Dave Hall, Paul Rennick, Sandi Rennick, Christopher Deane, Ed Smith, and Stockton Helbing.
Ms. Bazan also marched in the Troopers Drum and Bugle Corps Front Ensemble during the 2022 and 2023 seasons. She recently worked as a private lesson teacher for Dallas ISD and Aubrey High School during their marching band seasons.
Miss Bazan lives in McKinney and enjoys baking, creating art, and reading in her free time.
Miss Flores joined the Centennial Color Guard staff in 2021 and became the Color Guard Director in 2023. Miss Flores assists in all Marching Band Color Guard & Winter Guard activities at Centennial High School. Before moving to Texas, she worked with the WGI medalist's, Kickapoo Color Guard. Prior to joining us, she worked with the Timber Creek Color Guard.
Miss Flores attended Missouri State University, and served as a Color Guard Co-Captain. Miss Flores also performed with the WGI finalist, Pride of Missouri State. She also marched with the Music City Drum and Bugle Corps in 2014 & 2016, the Phantom Regiment Drum and Bugle Corps in 2017, and the Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps in 2018 & 2019. Most recently, Miss Flores performed with the CGT Dallas Performance Ensemble in 2020.
Miss Flores enjoys gardening and crafting in her free time. She also enjoys traveling to her home state of Missouri.