David Centers - Band Director
David Centers began his teaching career in Jeffersonville, IN in 1997 and also taught at East Hardin Middle School before coming to Central Hardin in 2004. While at Central Hardin, the band program has grown from ~52 students to over 130 students. The band has received consistent distinguished ratings as a grade 6 band in KMEA festivals and has been a consistent state semi-finalist in KMEA State Marching Band Competitions.
Mr. Centers is originally from Winchester, KY and currently lives in Louisville, KY with his wife, Staci (a cytologist), son (Noah) and daughter (Hannah). He attended the University of Louisville where he studied with John Jones. He graduated With Highest Honors and received the Outstanding Graduating Senior Award. He holds a bachelors in music education and a masters in education. His primary instrument is the Euphonium. Mr. Centers has performed with many ensembles in Kentucky and Southern Indiana including the Derby City Brass Band, Chamber Winds Louisville, Commonwealth Brass Band, Advocate Brass Band, Louisville Brass and Friends, and the Derby City Tuba Quartet - a two time national champion small ensemble winner at NABBA. He has also been a finalist in auditions with "The President's Own" United States Marine Band and the Washington D.C. based U.S. Air Force Band. Mr. Centers was selected as the FDBDA Band Director of the Year in 2009, and was selected by SBO Magazine to represent Kentucky in the 2009 edition of "50 Directors Who Make A Difference." Mr. Centers is also a member and Deacon at the Okolona Christian Church in Louisville, KY where he performs in the orchestra.
email contact information: david.centers@hardin.kyschools.us
to email photos/large Files use: davidcenters@centralhardinband.org
Office Number: 270-737-6800
Physical Address for Central Hardin
3040 Leitchfield Rd, Cecilia, KY 42724
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Matthew Baucum - Assistant Band Director
Matthew Baucum
Matthew Baucum is originally from Paducah, Kentucky. He holds a Master of Arts degree in trombone performance from the University of Iowa and a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Murray State University. Mr. Baucum is currently Director of Bands at East Hardin Middle School in Glendale, Kentucky and assistant band director at Central Hardin High School in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. At East Hardin Mr. Baucum conducts 6th-8th grade bands, a jazz band, numerous chamber ensembles and has created a mentoring/private lesson program that in it's first year includes 25% of the students in the band program. His ensembles have consistently received Distinguished ratings on the concert stage. East Hardin Middle School band students consistently place well at all-district band auditions and also have had great success at solo & ensemble festivals, recieving numerous Distinguished ratings. Before his appointment to East Hardin Middle School, Mr. Baucum was the Director of Bands at LaRue County Middle School in Hodgenville, Kentucky and at Reidland High School in Paducah, Kentucky.
Mr. Baucum has performed with the Oscaloosa Symphony Orchestra (Oscaloosa, Iowa), Ottumwa Symphony Orchestra (Ottumwa, Iowa), the Paducah Symphony Orchestra (Paducah, Kentucky), the Paducah Jazz Ensemble, the Todd Hill Orchestra, and many other chamber ensembles. He has also performed on the album "Daydreams from the Prairie", which was recorded and released by Johnson County Landmark, the premier jazz ensemble at The University of Iowa.
Mr. Baucum currently resides in Cecilia, Kentucky with his wife Kelly and his two cats Sophie and Lilly.
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Daniel Reams - Assistant Band Director
Daniel Reams is originally from Elizabethtown, KY and is a Central Hardin High School alumnus. He holds his Bachelor’s Degree in Music Education from the University of Louisville where he studied with professor, John Moore on saxophone and graduated with honors. Currently he is teaching the music and dance sections of arts and humanities at Central Hardin, and is also the assistant band director for the marching band and concert band programs.
Mr. Reams has performed in many outstanding ensembles including the University of Louisville Wind Ensemble where he performed at the Kentucky Music Educators Association Convention, performed in Carnegie Hall twice, and performed for the World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) Conference in Killarney, Ireland. In addition to this, he is currently a member of both the Heartland Winds Community Band in Elizabethtown, KY as well as a member of Chamber Winds Louisville.
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Ping Dawson - Visual Director, Show Design, and Consultant
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OPEN- Percussion Arranger/Composer and Percussion Consultant
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Jordan Stickell - Percussion Instructor and Arranger
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Kayla Pucket -Color Guard Head Instructor, Color Guard Design and Choreographer
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JD Evrard - Guard Instructor and Choreographer
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