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- Early music ensemble
Course start date: Mon 16 Sep 2024 (and 2 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Layil BarrAn ensemble for musicians interested in learning the skills of playing consort music in different instrumental combinations (broken consort). It will be a journey exploring the variety of sound combinations in 17th century repertoire. To apply for the ensemble please click the pink 'Start your interview' button and someone from the music department will be in touch. Break week: 28th Oct 2024.Full fee £279.00 Senior fee £223.00 Concession £195.00 - Botanical illustration workshop Course start date: Mon 16 Sep 2024 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Alison BarrattLearn how Botanical Illustrators accurately depict flowers, leaves, stems and seeds - for the purpose of genus and species identification by Botanists and Biologists.
Work from both primary and secondary source material to create an array of illustrative work, including anatomical and/or decorative.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Music theory: grade 4 Course start date: Wed 30 Apr 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Selena KayStudy more complex musical language including duplets, double-dotted rhythms, alto clef, double sharps/flats, the concept of enharmonic equivalence, and recognising and writing common triads. Learn the technical names for scale degrees, and standard ornaments and instruments. NB: scheduled break week: 28th May 2024.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £160.00 - Screenprinting workshop Course start date: Mon 16 Sep 2024 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David HolahThis course is a creative and practical introduction to the screen-printing process, aimed at beginners and the curious. You will learn step by step how to make your own series of silk screen prints using a variety of techniques.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Composition techniques Course start date: Tue 17 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Edward HendersonLearn techniques for composing your own music for instruments and/or voices. Suitable for students with knowledge of music theory grade/level 6 standard.
*. break week: 29th October 2024.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £174.00 - Introduction to printmaking techniques Course start date: Tue 17 Sep 2024 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Simon BurderThis fast-paced course reveals some of the processes used to make fine art prints. You will try both relief and intaglio printmaking methods. This course is for beginners and those with limited experience who want to discover how printmaking techniques actually work. An ideal way to start printmaking.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Contemporary British and international fiction Course start date: Wed 18 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Aamer HusseinWe explore a brief and careful selection of recent novels in English, considering aspects of literature and the lives of writers, examining the contemporary perspective from which we reread and reinterpret classic texts to bridge the gap between past and present. Writers include Edward St Aubyn, Kathy O’Shaughnessy, Hari Kunzru, Malaysian novelist Tan Twan Eng, and British-Palestinian Isabella Hammad.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Character voices for animation, stage and screenCourse start date: Mon 23 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarah EnglishCharacter voices aren’t just for cartoons. Learn the tools and techniques you need to create new and unique character voices or to accurately imitate a historical or contemporary voice for animation, stage and screen. This course will be delivered in the media studio.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £174.00 - German beginners intensive: module 1 + 2 Course start date: Mon 23 Sep 2024 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Francine van den BergThis course aims to enable students to begin to communicate with some fluency in a range of everyday situations. This is an intensive programme for beginners to German, with the emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills. Suitable for complete beginners. Based on Willkommen Chapters 1-6 (Hodder Arnold).
We offer one hour online or in person tasters in German on Monday 9th or Tuesday 10th September. Please check the details by using the following course codes in Search on the top of this page: LGT1, LGT2, LGT6 or LGT7.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £162.00 - Chinese 2 lower: module 1 Course start date: Mon 23 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ting PoonLearn Chinese Mandarin on this lively online course.
Continue improving your Chinese with the emphasis on speaking and listening. Suitable if you have been studying Chinese (Mandarin) for a year or have an equivalent level.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - Spanish 2 lower: module 1 Course start date: Wed 9 Oct 2024 (and 8 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: María IsaltImprove your elementary Spanish on this communicative course, taught in Spanish with the emphasis on speaking and listening. Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish beginners: module 3' or equivalent. Based on units 1-5 of 'Ele Actual A2 (libro del alumno)' and exercise book (SM Publishers).
PLEASE DO NOT BUY THE BOOK UNTIL AFTER THE FIRST SESSION, AS IF YOU TRANSFER TO ANOTHER LEVEL, YOU MAY USE A DIFFERENT BOOK.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - French 2 lower: module 2 Course start date: Mon 23 Sep 2024 (and 9 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Pascale VuittenezContinue improving your elementary French in this lively interactive course. This course is suitable if you have completed a French 2 lower: module 1 course or studied French recently for at least a year.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - French beginners: module 2 Course start date: Mon 23 Sep 2024 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Pascale VuittenezLearn French on this lively interactive course for near beginners. The course will be taught in French with an emphasis on developing your speaking and listening skills.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00 - Spanish 2 lower: module 2 Course start date: Wed 22 Jan 2025 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Adriana Itriago GavidiaContinue improving your elementary Spanish on this communicative course, taught in Spanish with the emphasis on speaking and listening. Suitable if you have completed 'Spanish 2 lower: module 1' or equivalent. Based on units 6-10 of 'Ele Actual A2 (libro del alumno)' and exercise book (SM Publishers).
PLEASE DO NOT BUY THE BOOK UNTIL AFTER THE FIRST SESSION, AS IF YOU TRANSFER TO ANOTHER LEVEL, YOU MAY USE A DIFFERENT BOOK.Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £209.00 Concession £136.00 - French 2 upper: module 2
Course start date: Tue 24 Sep 2024 (and 6 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Yolande Mallet De ChaunyImprove your lower intermediate French on this lively interactive course. The emphasis will be on developing your speaking and listening skills and on learning more about the French speaking world. The course is suitable if you have recently completed a 'French 2 upper: module 1' course or equivalent.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £142.00
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