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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. Exploring classical music 2
    Course start date:  Mon 12 Jan 2026 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Edward Breen

    Do you want to know more about classical music history? Explore selected topics and key works in Baroque, Classical and early Romantic music on this highly informative 10-week course. Ideal for people with no specialist knowledge. Break week: 16-22 Feb 2026

    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £153.00
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  2. Radio and podcast presenting: improvers (online)
    Course start date:  Mon 12 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Allis Moss

    Extend and develop your skills for a range of podcasts and radio broadcasts, presenting and putting a live news, current affairs, features and music programme to air, creating the content yourselves. The course is the second of three that allows students to progress from complete beginner to an advanced level with the aim of being able to present and pitch programme ideas professionally. You'll need to have taken the beginners’ course or have previous industry experience. This course will be online and supported by a media technician.

    Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00
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  3. Hindi beginners taster
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 12 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Roopam Aggarwal
    Come and discover Hindi in this lively taster.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  4. Drawing and mindfulness: morning meditation
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    Course start date:  Mon 12 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Helen Burgess
    Join us and set up your day in a tranquil, reflective way with our 5 day Drawing and mindfulness: morning meditation course. As daily life is full of uncertainty and with our attention getting pulled in many directions why not take some personal time to reset and focus combining meditation with some simple drawing exercises. You will be guiding your mind to settle and to look with care at the world around us and our inner experience. Whether you want to do something nourishing before you go to work or are setting up for a day of creative activity, the practices of drawing and mindfulness will bring a positive start to each morning, helping you begin the days with fresh eyes and mind. Suitable for all levels.
    Full fee £89.00 Senior fee £89.00 Concession £89.00
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  5. When Cinema meets Music
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 12 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Karine Chevalier

    This online film studies course will offer an introduction to the relationship between film and music from an historical, political and cultural viewpoint. Key theorical concepts will be introduced to discuss landmark film scenes and evaluate the impact music has on the audience, the role it can play in the narrative, in the editing style, in relation to film space and time. We will focus on key filmmakers, key music styles and specific cinematic genres to offer an overview of the historical evolution of music in films from the beginnings of the sound film to new contemporary approaches. We will as well discuss how instruments and musicians are depicted in films, from historical period films, album videos, biopics to documentaries from all over the world.

    Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £168.00
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  6. Lipreading and managing hearing loss: beginners module 2
    Last Few Places
    Course start date:  Mon 12 Jan 2026 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Nicola Hicks
    This class is suitable for if you have completed module 1 or have completed the one term introduction to lipreading class or have attended a lipreading class at any level in the past, but want to go back to basics. You will develop your lipreading and fingerspelling skills and build your confidence.







    This course will be taught in spoken English and not in sign language.







    See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.
    Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £110.00 Concession £85.00
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  7. Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00
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  8. Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00
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  9. Brazilian Portuguese beginners: revision
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 12 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Claudia Cerbino

    This intensive course is suitable if you have studied Portuguese for about a year in the past but are not sure whether you are ready to join our second-year course, Brazilian Portuguese 2 lower. You will revise the grammar and vocabulary of year one in one week and will be ready for Brazilian Portuguese 2 lower: module 1 later this September.

    Full fee £79.00 Senior fee £79.00 Concession £51.00
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  10. Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00
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  11. Full fee £209.00 Senior fee £209.00 Concession £105.00
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  12. Hungarian beginners taster
    Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 12 Jan 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Peter Toth
    Come and discover Hungarian in this lively taster.
    Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00
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  13. Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £119.00 Concession £104.00
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  14. Music theory: grades 1 and 2
    Course start date:  Mon 12 Jan 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Simon Rigby

    Learn the basic principles of musical language and notation: rhythmic values, time signatures, pitch on treble and bass clefs, simple major scales, intervals and key signatures, and the most common musical terms and signs. Break Week: 30th Oct 2025

    Full fee £269.00 Senior fee £215.00 Concession £188.00
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  15. Piano/keyboards 3B
    Last Few Places, Evening
    Course start date:  Mon 12 Jan 2026 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Jonathan Wilson

    This fourth year of our piano programme continues with repertoire of a grade 2-3 standard. Improve your hand co-ordination, musical phrasing, reading and technique, and improve your confidence.

    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £167.00
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