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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. Spanish 3 upper: module 2
    Course start date:  Fri 9 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Keylor Murillo Moya
    Further improve your Spanish in this lively class, taught in Spanish with the emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills. You will also acquire a greater understanding of Spanish grammar. Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish 3 upper: module 1' or equivalent. Based on Aula Internacional Plus 4, new edition, (Difusión Publishers).











    Please do not buy the book until after the first session, as if you transfer to another level you might use a different book.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00
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  2. Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £179.00
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  3. Music history bookclub: My Tango with Barbara Strozzi
    Course start date:  Fri 1 Aug 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Edward Breen
    The music history book club meets towards the end of each term to discuss novels and biographies with musical themes and references relevant to the music history programme.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  4. Music theory: score reading and analysis level 6
    Course start date:  Fri 1 Aug 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Learn to navigate the musical scores, analyse basic structures (harmonic, motivic, and contrapuntal), and identify several baroque stylistic characteristics through the study of Bach: Partita no. 6 in E minor, BWV 830.



    NB: this course has a scheduled lunch break of 1 hour



    Tutor: Dr Cheryl Tan [external website].
    Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
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  5. Classical singing workshop
    Course start date:  Fri 2 May 2025 (and 5 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 30th May 2025.
    Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £209.00
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  6. Piano/keyboards 4A
    Course start date:  Tue 16 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Edward Henderson
    For pianists with around three years' experience. Improve your finger technique, coordination, phrasing, music



    reading, and your confidence.
    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £153.00
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  7. Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £195.00
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  8. Chamber music: advanced
    Course start date:  Fri 2 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. Groups will perform their pieces in an informal concert at the end of term.
    Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £195.00
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  9. 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 £369.00 Senior fee £295.00 Concession £258.00
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  10. Spanish 3 upper: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Amaia Ibargüen
    Further improve your Spanish in this lively class, taught in Spanish with the emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills. You will also acquire a greater understanding of Spanish grammar. Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish 3 lower' or equivalent. Based on Aula Internacional 3 Plus, (Difusión Publishers).







    Please do not buy the book until after the first session, as if you transfer to another level you might use a different book.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  11. Spanish 3 lower: module 1
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 22 Sep 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Amaia Ibargüen
    Improve your intermediate Spanish on this lively course, with the emphasis on speaking, listening and acquiring a greater understanding of Spanish grammar. Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish 2: upper' or equivalent. Based on Aula Internacional 3 Plus (Difusión Publishers).







    Please do not buy the book until after the first session, as if you transfer to another level you might use a different book.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  12. Spanish 4 práctica y perfeccionamiento: module 1
    Course start date:  Fri 26 Sep 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Diego Iudicissa
    Este curso es ideal si has completado 'Spanish 3 upper' o 'Spanish consolidation' o has estudiado unos cinco años de español y desean obtener un conocimiento más profundo de la lengua y cultura del mundo hispanohablante. En este curso consolidarás aspectos gramaticales de la lengua con noticias y temas de actualidad a un nivel B2.2. Based on Aula Internacional Plus 4, new edition, (Difusión Publishers).







    Please do not buy the book until after the first session, as if you transfer to another level you might use a different book.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  13. Introduction to chamber music
    Course start date:  Fri 26 Sep 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Pauline Greene
    What is chamber music, and how is it different from a Symphony or an opera? What sort of musicians would play chamber music and which periods of music history does it come?
    Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £104.00
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  14. Spanish 4/5 historia del arte español: module 2
    Course start date:  Fri 17 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Anna Riera Mora

    Ven a descubrir la Historia del arte español a traves de las galerias de arte de Londres en este segundo módulo que explorará los périodos artísticos del Romanticismo al expresionismo abstracto durante 6 sesiones y una visita final a la Tate Modern Gallery.

    Ideal para estudiantes de nivel 4 o 5, o que han estudiado español por 5 años (los participantes deben tener las habilidades necesarias para debatir activamente en clase usando el español).
    No es necesario tener conocimientos previos de historia del arte. Durante el curso estudiaremos tambien el vocabulario necesario para entender articulos sobre arte y para valorar obras de arte.

    Full fee £159.00 Senior fee £127.00 Concession £103.00
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  15. Spanish 3: one season, one painting, one music: otoño
    Course start date:  Fri 24 Oct 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Anna Riera Mora
    En estos talleres dedicados a las cuatro estaciones vamos a activar nuestros sentidos: vista, oido, olfato y gusto. Ven a practicar tu español mientras intercambiamos las sugestiones, impresiones y sentimientos que nos evoca una musica, un color o una pintura.







    Ideal for students who have done 3 or 4 years of Spanish, and are looking to practise more talking and listening skills, as well as develop their knowledge of art.
    Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £31.00 Concession £25.00
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