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City Lit is a leading provider of adult education in London and all over the UK. It's the perfect place to learn something new, gain new skills, and build your confidence. From mastering new languages and honing creative skills to advancing your career with professional development courses. Whatever your passion or goal, our diverse curriculum has the perfect course to inspire your next step.

 

 

 

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  1. Classical singing workshop
    Course start date:  Mon 15 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Hakan Vramsmo
    A lively workshop class for singers with a solid foundation in vocal technique and musicianship: employ your vocal technique in a more flexible and artistic way and deepen your understanding of critical evaluation of singing. Break week 27th Oct 2025.
    Full fee £319.00 Senior fee £255.00 Concession £223.00
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  2. Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £209.00
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  3. Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £209.00
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  4. Acting: scenes to performance
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Thu 18 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Laura Baggaley
    Practise and develop your acting skills by rehearsing in depth scenes from contemporary plays or a whole short play. These will be performed in the college's John Lyons Theatre to an invited audience at the end of the course. This course is suitable for students who have completed a broad range of our acting courses at beginners and improvers level or who have gained suitable experience elsewhere.
    Full fee £379.00 Senior fee £303.00 Concession £265.00
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  5. Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £209.00
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  6. Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £195.00
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  7. Chamber music: advanced
    Course start date:  Thu 1 May 2025 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Gisela Meyer
    Discover the pleasure of playing in small, mixed instrumental ensembles, one per part, in a variety of repertoire. For classical instrumentalists at grade 5/6 or above. Due to the demanding nature of most piano parts, pianists should play at Grade 8 level or higher. Good sight reading skills and experience in chamber music are required.
    Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £195.00
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  8. Piano: intermediate repertoire workshop
    Course start date:  Fri 19 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Gary Preston
    If you play piano at around grade 5-6 standard, join one of these workshops to develop your playing by studying a wide range of piano repertoire, with focus on technique, textural awareness, practice and performance skills.
    Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £209.00
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  9. Sing jazz 1
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    Course start date:  Sat 20 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Laura Zakian
    Learn some standard repertoire and jazz protocols. Explore style, develop good timing and phrasing, breath control, and extend your vocal range. Not suitable for beginner singers but ideal for singers who are new to the jazz idiom.
    Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £279.00 Concession £195.00
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  10. Archaeology of London
    Course start date:  Mon 22 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jill Hummerstone

    Explore the archaeology and history of London through its cultural monuments, topography and material remains to  more fully appreciate the rich archaeological evidence of the capital.

    Tutor: Jill Hummerstone

    Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £181.00
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  11. Music theory: grade 6
    Course start date:  Wed 14 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Sarha Moore
    Develop your understanding of musical language by learning to write four-part harmony, harmonise and write diatonic melodies, modulate, and analyse scores (harmony, melodic decoration, phrase structure, performance instructions, stylistic implications). Break weeks: 18 Feb and 1, 8, 18 April.
    Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £209.00
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  12. Sing musical theatre: technique
    Course start date:  Wed 17 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Shachar Shamai
    This course explores musical theatre singing with a focus on technique. Suitable for singers and actors wanting to improve their singing technique for musical theatre repertoire.
    Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £195.00
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