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2025

28th Annual Bob Novack Music Awards

Annual Bob Novack Music Awards Presented To Students June 5, 2025 1308 Productions congratulates Justin Y. Lee and Sungkamee Tanyatorn on their talent as student musicians and as the recipients of the 2025 “Bob Novack Music Awards” at RKBBH K-8 Center in Bay Harbor, Florida. This is the 28th consecutive year that the Bob Novack Awards have been presented to faculty-selected outstanding music students. 1308 Productions, a non-profit organization that support music education, was created with inspiration from the Read more…

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2025 Carole Taran Award Winner

Carly Sharmat: 2025 Carole Taran Award Winner for Excellence in Performing Arts The first time Carly set foot on the MBSH stage was actually as a little girl attending her sister’s performance. During the show, a character was frantically searching for a lost item when young Carly, from the audience, loudly announced exactly where it was. The actor had no choice but to improvise, causing the audience burst into laughter. Carly had just unknowingly made Read more…

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2024 Awards

27th Annual Bob Novack Music Awards

Congratulations to the 2024 winners of the Bob Novack Music Awards! Since 1997, 1308 Productions has presented these Awards to recognize dedication and excellence in music education and performance. The 2024 winners are both a great credit to themselves, their families, their school, and their community. Cheers to Veronica Demianenco and Isabelle Cisternino.  Veronica loves music, is one of the school’s newer violinists, and has rapidly excelled in her performances. She works hard, is a Read more…

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2024 Carole Taran Award Winner

Miami Beach Student Performer/Director Wins 2024 “Carole Award” Barbara Litwak: 2024 Carole Taran Award Winner for Excellence in Performing Arts “Remarkable, invaluable, masterful, fearless” are amongst the descriptions of Barbara Litwak’s achievement as an artist and as a leader, as set forth in her nomination for the Carole Taran Award. “Barbara’s talent and ability to embrace new opportunities has been pivotal to her success in our theatre program and as an International Baccalaureate student”, said Read more…

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