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  1. Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £125.00
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  2. Baroque instrumental ensemble
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Mon 21 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Layil Barr
    Love early music and want to play it with more awareness of style? Explore how to achieve a more 'authentic' sound, covering interpretation of rhythm and ornaments, tone, embellishment and more.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £69.00
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  3. Summer choir
    Course start date:  Mon 21 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Richard Hartley-Wilson
    Singing with others is great fun, and has been proven to be good for your health. Join us for this short course and get started over the summer to see how it can benefit you. Suitable for all levels, no audition required.
    Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00
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  4. Classical music: an introduction
    Course start date:  Mon 21 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Pauline Greene
    Are you interested in finding out more about classical music but not sure where to start? This taster course will introduce you to the history of music through a careful choice of works.
    Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £39.00
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  5. Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £69.00
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  6. Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00
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  7. Piano/keyboards: revision for levels 1 and 2
    Course start date:  Tue 22 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Ana Claudia Magalhaes

    Study pieces from the current Grade 2 piano syllabus. Learn the required scales and try some aural tests. An ideal way to boost your learning over the summer.

    Tutor: Ana Claudia Magalhaes.
    Full fee £109.00 Senior fee £109.00 Concession £76.00
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  9. String ensemble: summer season
    Course start date:  Tue 22 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Robert Puzey

    Come and play string repertoire in a friendly group, and develop your confidence in ensemble playing. Suitable for those who have been playing violin, viola, cello or double bass for at least two years, playing at Grade 3 standard or above. Please click the 'start interview' button to apply. This is to make sure we have a balanced array of instruments for our ensemble. Break week 27 May 2025.

    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £48.00
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  10. Singing for absolute beginners
    Course start date:  Tue 22 Jul 2025 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Katherine Strohmaier
    Start your journey as a singer this summer with this short, enjoyable course. Take your first important steps towards a healthy vocal technique and confidence in your singing.
    Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £48.00
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  11. Recorder ensemble: study day
    Course start date:  Wed 23 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Caoimhe de Paor
    Learn to play ensemble music for recorders, with repertoire ranging from early to present day. Suitable for recorder players who have been learning for at least a year and can read music.
    Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00
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  12. Mixing and music production workshop
    Evening
    Course start date:  Wed 23 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Max La Villa
    An intensive workshop on the stages involved in achieving a professional sounding mix. Ideal for those with some mixing experience who would like to identify existing weaknesses, improve their skills and learn new techniques.
    Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £129.00 Concession £129.00
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  13. Sing opera workshop
    Course start date:  Wed 23 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Trevor Alexander
    A lively short workshop class for singers with some solo experience: employ your vocal technique in a more flexible and artistic way and deepen your understanding of critical evaluation of singing. This workshop will have a focus on Operatic repertoire and the techniques required for this demanding genre.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £69.00
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  14. Classical singing workshop: summer
    Course start date:  Wed 23 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Trevor Alexander
    A lively short workshop class for singers with some solo experience: employ your vocal technique in a more flexible and artistic way and deepen your understanding of critical evaluation of singing.
    Full fee £99.00 Senior fee £99.00 Concession £69.00
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  15. Jazz piano: introduction
    Course start date:  Thu 24 Jul 2025

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Della Rhodes
    Meet the jazz idiom as you explore time feels and harmonic progressions at your piano. For pianists at grade 5 and above, with some knowledge of chord structures (triads and 7ths), this session in our pianos room will give food for thought and practice.
    Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00
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