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All our courses here at City Lit are taught by expert tutors such as published authors, academics, practising artists, and experienced professionals. Our friendly, supportive, and inspiring tutors are here to boost your confidence and motivate you at every step. We always ensure that your journey with us is enjoyable, positive, and thought-provoking.
We offer online courses and in-person courses. Our interactive online courses are taught live and in small groups. Read our guide to online learning for more information. In-person courses are delivered at our modern college campus in London near Covent Garden.
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If you can't decide which subject to study, why not try some of our short taster courses?
- French 3 upper: tasterCourse start date: Tue 10 Dec 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Yolande Mallet De ChaunyCome and discover what an upper intermediate French class feels like.
This course is suitable if you have studied French for 4-5 years recently or have done an A-level some time ago.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00 - Christmas carols sing-alongCourse start date: Thu 12 Dec 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Siobhan BlakeTransport yourself into a joyous frame of mind and festive spirit as you sing through some of the most beautiful settings of medieval carols. Explore harmonic textures, musical interpretations, get technical tips for tricky corners and enjoy singing these wonderful pieces with others!Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00 - German for opera lovers (intermediate and advanced) x mas specialCourse start date: Thu 12 Dec 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Katja ParmarCome to this one off German for German opera lovers x mas special in the heart of London.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £19.00 - Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £34.00
- Whispering ASMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response)Course start date: Thu 12 Dec 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Kate MontagueA one-off workshop on this worldwide phenomenon, delivered in the college. How can the impact of what we hear and feel enhance our connection to our voices? Through body-mind connection and the use of vocal sounds, gestures, rhythms and touch, you can not only reset your nervous systems, and better manage stress, but also find a deeper connection to your voice.Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £39.00 - Return to German (intermediate)Course start date: Wed 8 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Anna RiolandThis course is suitable if you are studying 2 upper or 3 lower courses at City Lit or have done GCSE, O Level or A level German some time ago and/ or would like to revive your intermediate German.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00 - Pilates mixed levelsCourse start date: Wed 8 Jan 2025 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Cathy NorrisLearn unique Pilates exercises to improve your core strength, muscular strength, balance, posture and relaxation. Develop your technique, use small equipment, and progress your practise. Include these enjoyable exercises into your daily routine for improved health.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00 - Carving in wood or stoneCourse start date: Thu 9 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Belinda EdwardsGet inspired by trying carving techniques in wood or stone and create your own small carving. Suitable for anyone from beginners to experienced carvers. This course will explore the characteristics of wood and stone, lead you through the steps of design and carving, encourage you to explore and develop your ideas, and try more experimental techniques.Full fee £529.00 Senior fee £423.00 Concession £344.00 - Piano workshop 7Course start date: Thu 9 Jan 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Petros MoschosIf you play piano at around grade 7 standard, join one of these lively workshops to develop your playing by studying a wide range of piano repertoire, with a focus on technique, tone production, pedalling and performance skills.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £207.00 Concession £181.00 - Art and Ideas: Identity and the selfCourse start date: Thu 9 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Ian TucknottThis course is for students and creative practitioners interested in identity as a creative and conceptual theme. Explore and discuss ideas, theories and work by significant artists and writers to enhance and inspire the development of creative work.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - Contemporary painting studioCourse start date: Thu 9 Jan 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Lucinda OestreicherDevelop your own ideas in painting with reference to the work of contemporary artists and experimental processes on this higher level course. Ideal for students who have completed Painting 2 or Painting 3 or equivalent painting courses.Full fee £959.00 Senior fee £767.00 Concession £623.00 - Piano workshop 8Course start date: Thu 9 Jan 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Petros MoschosIf you play piano at around grade 8 standard, join one of these online workshops to develop your playing by studying a wide repertoire, learning to make your own stylistic and interpretive decision under your tutor's guidance.Full fee £329.00 Senior fee £329.00 Concession £230.00 - Great works: Bach's Goldberg variationsCourse start date: Thu 9 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Simon Rigby'Composed for music lovers, to delight their Spirits'. So wrote Bach in 1741 of his Goldberg Variations, a work which combines profound learning with expressive beauty. Come and explore this dazzling display of compositional virtuosity!
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - World cinema 2: DiasporaCourse start date: Thu 9 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Gillian McIverThis online film course follows on from Introduction to World Cinema. Like the first course, it will introduce you to filmmaking nations that are often less visible than Hollywood and the larger European film industries. The course will introduce the idea of ‘Diaspora Cinema’ (also known as Diasporic Cinema), that is, films made by filmmakers that are part of a cultural diaspora.
Diasporic cinema refers to the production of films by any community of exiles or immigrants who have left their native country and live and work in another. It encompasses a wide range of genres, sub-genres, and themes within film studies.
A 'diasporic' film is not the property of a single culture, but mediates in at least two ways. It explains the interaction between different loci of knowledge, exposing cinema's synthesis of expression and creating new types of information.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £84.00
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