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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. Music history bookclub: Charles Jessold, Considered as a Murderer
    Course start date:  Fri 17 Jul 2026

    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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  2. Piano/keyboards 5C
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Mon 28 Apr 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Simon Atkins
    For pianists with around four years' experience. Improve your finger technique, coordination, phrasing, music



    reading, and your confidence. Break weeks: 6 May & 27 May 2024.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00
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  3. Full fee £349.00 Senior fee £349.00 Concession £244.00
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  4. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £104.00
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  5. Piano/keyboards 4C
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Thu 24 Apr 2025 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Jonathan Wilson
    Work on grade 3 standard repertoire to improve your hand coordination, musical phrasing, reading and finger technique, and improve your confidence.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £160.00
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  6. Sing jazz 3
    Last Few Places, Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 3 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Laura Zakian
    A performance class for singers who have completed Sing jazz 1 and 2. Develop and maintain your vocal technique, jazz and blues style, presentation of repertoire, and learn relevant musicianship.
    Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £181.00
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  7. Jazz harmony and ear training 3C
    Last Few Places, Weekend
    Course start date:  Sat 3 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Della Rhodes
    In this 3rd term of the year we will focus on developing improvisation, applying our theoretical understanding to practical situations and performance. We will learn jazz standards and unusual repertoire. This is musicianship training at a high level. Entry by audition: apply to della.rhodes@citylit.ac.uk. Break week 31st May.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £125.00
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  8. Musicianship 3: harmony and ear training
    Course start date:  Tue 6 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Cerys Hogg
    Develop your understanding of how harmony is generated, and related aural skills, by reading, writing, listening and singing in these practical sessions. Study scales, intervals and pitch notation, part singing, harmony and chord symbols. You must be able to read music already, and preferably be able to sing in tune.
    Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00
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  9. Keyboard harmony 5D
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Mon 12 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ricardo Gosalbo
    A practical workshop for classical pianists who are new to studying harmony but have piano skills of grade 5 or higher. Broaden your understanding of piano repertoire by studying the underpinning harmonic constructs. It is recommended you have completed all other modules (A, B and C) in preparation for this class. NB: no classes on bank holiday Mondays (5 & 26 May 2025).
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £160.00
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  10. Jazz crooning
    Course start date:  Tue 6 May 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Clare Foster
    Learn to sing repertoire from the 1930s to the 1950s, as sung by Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland, Peggy Lee and Julie London. Swing tunes, easy listening genre, Latin and blues orientated repertoire. You will be encouraged to perform prepared songs as part of the course. This course is not for beginners to singing.
    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £160.00
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  11. Cabaret workshop (intensive)
    Evening
    Course start date:  Thu 10 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Richard Hartley-Wilson
    Develop your cabaret performance skills in this lively, engaging workshop. Learn to transition between speech and song to create a meaningful cabaret sequence. Please click the pink Start Your Interview button on the right, and you will be contacted by the Music Department. This class is limited to 10 students to enable enough one to one tuition.
    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £199.00
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