Music appreciation courses
Do you enjoy learning about music and want to share your passion with like-minded people? Then choose from our huge range of daytime, evening and weekend music appreciation courses at City Lit.
- Bach and sons
- Bach, Villa Lobos and Faure's requiem
- Brahms - new music from old
- Dvorak's 'Rusalka' and Adams's 'The Death of Klinghoffer'
- Exploring classical music
- Gershwin's 'Porgy and Bess' and Britten's 'Billy Budd'
- Inside the BBC Symphony Orchestra
- Jewish music in Britain
- Keeping up with David Bowie
- Kreisleriana: Schumann and E.T.A. Hoffmann
- Mozart's Italian operas
- New music
- New music to old films
- Progressive rock: Sgt Pepper's children
- Return to roots
- Strauss and the influence of Friedrich Nietzsche
- Stravinsky - musical chameleon
- Tchaikovsky and Pushkin
- The politics and social context of popular music
- Wagner and song
- Weinberg's 'The Passenger' and Puccini's 'Tosca'
- Why do we love Handel's Messiah
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- Visual arts
- Art foundation and portfolio preparation courses
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- Drawing and painting from life
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- Mosaics
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- Photography
- Beginners
- Business and copyright
- Computer based photography courses
- Documentary and photojournalism
- Exhibiting your photographs
- History, theory and talks about photography
- Lighting and studio techniques
- Photographing London
- Photography and contemporary art practice
- Portfolio and project creation
- Printing courses
- Taking photography further: general
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- Traditional techniques
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- Languages
- Drama, dance and speech
- Accredited courses
- Acting - advanced
- Acting - follow-on
- Acting - introductory
- Acting short courses
- Arts administration
- Comedy
- Communication courses for speakers of other languages
- Communication skills for business
- Dance and movement
- Directing
- Drama teaching
- Drama therapy
- Internet broadcasting
- Musical theatre
- Performance skills
- Professional skills for actors
- Professional theatre company
- Stage combat
- Technical theatre
- TV, radio and sound
- Voice, speech and communication
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- Humanities
- Music
- Cello
- Clarinet
- Classical guitar
- Flute
- Instrument playing
- Instrumental ensembles
- Jazz and popular music
- Music access course
- Music appreciation
- Music foundation
- Music technology
- Musicianship
- Piano and keyboards
- Record your performance
- Recorder
- Singing
- String ensembles
- Ukelele
- Violin
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- Health and movement studies
- Alexander technique
- Anatomy and physiology
- Complementary health studies
- Continuing professional development for therapists
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- Massage and bodywork: introductory level
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- Movement classes
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- Apple Mac
- Basic computing
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- Digital Inclusion
- Explore your interests using a computer
- Keyboard skills
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- English, maths & ESOL
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- Careers in care work
- Access to higher education
- Progress - courses for people with learning difficulties
- Speech therapy
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Music
Tel: 020 7492 2630
Auditions and Advice Information
To enrol on a course, call 020 7831 7831.
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Why City Lit?
If you are looking for a great choice of inspiring courses; a bright, modern environment to learn in located in central London; the opportunity to have fun and meet like-minded people, we look forward to seeing you at City Lit!