Wednesday, October 26, 2016 from 5:00 pm - 10:00 pm the legendary Miami Beach Senior High Rock Ensemble in concert (and friends) will be celebrating the official naming of the Miami Beach North Beach Bandshell stage for Mr. Burris, the longtime ensemble director who passed...
Music faculty at two local public schools select their most talented and dedicated students each year and at their graduation ceremonies, 1308 Productions presents each one with the Bob Novack Music Award and a scholarship check. Three incredibly talented students were recently honored at Ruth...
The third annual Carole Taran Award for Excellence in Performing Arts at Miami Beach Senior High School was presented to senior Stephany Arbelaez, a superbly talented performer who was selected for the award by the faculty of the Fine Arts Academy at Beach High. [caption id="attachment_1509" align="alignright" width="240"] photo: L to R: Nina Duval,...
Please join Ex Norwegian, The Velocity Gospel and friends for a celebration of love, music, and devotion to dedication to a man who changed and influenced so many of our lives and left the world a better place than which he found it, Clark Douglas...
The woman who gave birth in a bomb shelter and ran a South Florida city Mickey Novack huddled with her family in a bomb shelter as the Nazis launched their air assault, known as the London Blitz, on Sept. 7, 1940. Novack’s challenges inside that shelter in...
A unique, incredible human being. An inspiration larger than life. A tune, and a beat, that will be heard forever. [gallery link="file" columns="4" ids="1383,1382,1392,1389,1410,1406,1408,1380,1381,1394,1386,1387,1388,1390,1391,1393,1401,1411,1402,1403,1404,1405,1385,1409"] FEATURED VIDEOS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xA1C1Isr7ow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEGZtetx0jo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTLEDN65EA8 "For fifteen minutes, Freebird built to a cresendo with so many repeats of the chorus that I began to onder if anyone would, or...
1308 would like to congratulate Miami Beach Sr. High School Rock Ensemble founding director Doug Burris on his brand new book Walk & Roll, released October 2015. Walk & Roll chronicles the remarkable life of Clark Douglas Burris, a pioneer in music education who founded the...
After another successful school year of supporting music education programs in South Florida, 1308 Productions and new Haiti partner Torch of Hope are preparing for the commencement of a new kids music program in Fauge, Haiti. Kids in the remote area of Fauge will have the...
from the Miami Herald Community Voices, June 4, 2015 Today, I want to say congratulations to all the 2015 graduates — whether you are stepping up from kindergarten to the first grade, or from college to grad school. This is a very important time in your...
Music faculty at two local public schools select their most talented and dedicated students each year and 1308 Productions presents each one with the Bob Novack Music Award and a scholarship check to recognize them and inspire their continued achievement. The 2015 award winners are Leonardo...