Contact Information
Ray Flores Reynaldo.Flores@nisd.net
Bethany Hirota Bethany.Hirota@nisd.net
Phone 210.398.1100
Fax 210.674.0220
Biographies
Mr. Ray Flores
Ray Flores has been an educator for 22 years and is the Head Director at Briscoe Middle School in Northside ISD in San Antonio, TX. He has also been named Educator of the Year for his campus twice in the last 10 years.
His primary instrument is percussion, and his experience ranges from concert bands, jazz band, steel drum ensemble, percussion ensembles and marching band. His marching band arrangements have been consistent First Division award winners at UIL as well as UIL State Marching Contest. Ray is also an accomplished concert band director and has had consistent success at UIL Concert and Sightreading Contests.
As a composer, Ray composes for a wide genre. His percussion ensembles are published by Row-Loff Productions & Flo Flo Music. Several of his compositions are on Prescribed Music Lists in several states including the Texas UIL PML. He also does commission work for full orchestra, concert bands and even has written music for digital media.
He has been married to his lovely wife Jennifer for 22 years. They have two wonderful children, Jordan & Callie, and two cats, Mr. Whiskers and Alice.
Mrs. Bethany Hirota
Mrs. Hirota-Mabry is beginning her 17th year of teaching as the first associate band director for the Briscoe Bengal Band! She has taught and adjudicated at the middle school level her entire career and has loved every minute of it!
Ms. Hirota is married to Gary Mabry and spends much of her free time with her husband “raising” four distinctly different cats!
Ms. Hirota is quite active in the musical community having directed St. Brigid’s Legacy Handbell Choir and the Travis Park United Methodist Handbell choir, where she also serves as a youth sponsor!
She has been a percussionist for the Boerne Community Band and the Travis Park Celebration Band, but what really serves as “therapy” for her is drumming and harmonizing with her band, Down for the Count!