Performing Arts Conservatory of New Canaan

08/18/2026

06/02/2026

Can’t Wait to see you!

11/28/2025

A pirate’s life for us! 🏴‍☠️

We’ve been very busy rehearsing for our end of semester presentations in our group musical theatre, fairytale theater and private lessons. We can’t wait to see the culmination of all of your hard work and talent so soon!

A reminder that next semester’s class registration is open. Don’t miss new offerings like a K-Pop Demon Hunters class and offering for the first time, Shrek Jr!

11/24/2025

Teacher Spotlight: Anna Holbrook! ✨

Most recent NY stage - Measure of Doubt, Daniels Husband, Miss America’s Ugly daughter. Recent TV -  L&O SVU, L&O, Blue Bloods, The Blacklist, Bull, Homeland, Harlem, The Equalizer, Sister Swap (Hallmark). Film – Summerhouse, Seasons: Four Love Stories, Brake, The Boy in the Cabinet Beneath the Sink (festivals). Anna spent many years as Sharlene Frame on Another world for which she earned a Daytime Emmy.

Take acting class with Anna - visit our website today to enroll!

11/21/2025

🥳 Have you heard? We do birthday parties! 🥳

Call us today to learn more and make some musical memories!

11/18/2025

🎭 We’ve got the class for you! 🎭

Visit our website and step into the spotlight today! 🌟

11/17/2025

MEET THE FACULTY: Richard Weidlich!

Richard Weidlich, DMA, is thrilled to be teaching the wonderful, talented young people at the Performing Arts Conservatory of New Canaan. Richard has appeared in numerous operas, operettas, musicals as well as soloist with various symphonies and choral organizations. Opera and operetta highlights include Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Count Almaviva in Le Nozze di Figaro, Guglielmo in Così fan tutte, Danilo in The Merry Widow, Schaunard in La Bohème, Nerone in Il Coronazione di Poppea, Pacquillo in La Périchole, Mercutio in Roméo et Juliette, Fleville in Andrea Chénier, and Sonora in La Fanciulla del West, among others. Orchestral engagements include the St. Louis Symphony, Seattle Symphony, Oregon Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Tucson Symphony, Greater Bridgeport Symphony, Cascade Music Festival Orchestra, and Sunriver Symphony, among others. In addition to his classical performances, Richard has appeared in the following musical theatre roles: Harold Hill in The Music Man, Ravenal in Showboat, Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls, Nicky Arnstein in Funny Girl, Max Dettweiler in The Sound of Music, Dick Wilkins in A Christmas Carol, Reuben in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, the King in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Matt in The Fantasticks, Antipholus of Syracuse in The Boys from Syracuse, KoKo in The Mikado, and others. Choral appearances include the Mystic River Chorale, Charis Chamber Voices, and Salisbury Congregational Concert Series. Cabaret appearances include the show Frank, Nat, and Tony at the Magnolia Room, Norwalk, Connecticut, Holiday Time in New York City, Fairfield, Connecticut, Los Angeles, and Portland, Oregon, as well as many appearances in recital and on the Sounds Good Concert Series in Stamford, Connecticut, among others.

Richard also teaches voice at Western Connecticut State University, where he also heads the Opera Ensemble, and the University of Bridgeport, CT. Richard is also Minister of Music at St. Francis Episcopal Church in Stamford, CT.

Take voice with Richard by registering on our website!

11/14/2025

Got a little one who was born for the stage? Learn more about performance classes for the very young at our website today!

Now enrolling for our Winter/Spring session!