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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. Art history taster
    Painting of a woman standing in an art gallery, looking at paintings. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
    Course start date:  Tue 1 Jul 2025 (and 7 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Sarah Jaffray
    Curious about art history? Join us for this taster session where we explore different ways into visual art and its histories from the ancient to the contemporary.
    Full fee £10.00 Senior fee £10.00 Concession £10.00
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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. Micropoetry: small poems, big ideas
    Open book and magnifying glass
    Course start date:  Fri 8 Aug 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Suzannah V. Evans
    Explore the emerging art form of micropoetry in this fun but informative day workshop. Compose your own poetry and learn how to make every word on the page count.
    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £40.00
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  5. Interactions between the Mediterranean world and Anglo-Saxon England
    Course start date:  Fri 5 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Stephen Pollington
    This talk will explore some of the connections which maintained the Anglo-Saxons' feeling that Rome was part of their heritage.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £19.00
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  6. German advanced: Von Hirten und Engelschören - die Advents- und Weihnachtszeit in der deutschen Kunst
    Course start date:  Fri 12 Dec 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Annette Kossow
    Come to this one off German advanced x mas special in the heart of London.
    Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £31.00 Concession £25.00
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  7. Music history bookclub: The Great Passion
    Course start date:  Fri 12 Dec 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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