page_title: Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts
section_title: Present day
hierarchical_section_title: Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts / Present day
caption_attribution_description: English: Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts
context_page_description: The Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts is a Canadian performing arts school in Halifax, Nova Scotia that offers courses in higher education in music, dance, and theatre. It is the largest and the oldest of such organizations for education in the performing arts east of Montreal. The Conservatory has been located at the historic Chebucto School in West End, Halifax since 1996.
context_section_description: The Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts continues to offer an accessible and comprehensive program of dance and music instruction, accommodating students of all ages and levels of ability.
  As of 2018, the Conservatory was registered as a private career college with the Labour and Advanced Education Department of Nova Scotia. The School of Dance now offers a two-year advanced diploma for dance instructors.
  The school hosts and organizes a variety of concerts and dance performances. Each year the National Ballet School holds auditions there,
   and the conservatory hosts a chamber orchestra.
caption: Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts
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