Performing Arts Courses & Classes in London and Online
City Lit offers performing arts courses in the heart of Covent Garden in Central London during the evening, daytime and at weekends. Explore our range of subjects including acting, (including accredited acting courses), dance, radio and screen, and voice, speech and communication as well as a full range of music courses, such as piano, singing, strings and wind instruments to jazz and pop, music technology, music theory and history
Our courses are labelled clearly for beginners or those with previous experience and you can speak to a specialist advisor to help you choose the right level. If you would you like some help or advice:
For music courses email music@citylit.ac.uk. You can also view our music auditions and advice page.
For drama, dance and speech courses email drama@citylit.ac.uk
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- Sampling, beat-making and synth programming
Course start date: Fri 25 Oct 2024 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Max La VillaLearn to create your own more original tracks by recording and manipulating samples, beats and synth sounds to individualise your sound.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £179.00 - Acting: improvers Course start date: Tue 29 Oct 2024 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Juliet PragueLearn acting techniques and skills while exploring contemporary playwrights from the last 20 years including: Martin McDonagh, Chloë Moss, Aleasha Harris, Simon Stephens and Caryl Churchill.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00 - Acting for wellbeing Course start date: Tue 29 Oct 2024 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Juliet PragueIncrease your physical and emotional wellbeing through playful and fun acting exercises. Connect, take notice, be active, learn new skills, become more present and engaged with others using tools drawn from actor training.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £90.00 - Writing song lyrics: create and combine with melody Course start date: Tue 5 Nov 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Polly HewettLearn to create or improve catchy original lyrics and combine them with an existing or a new melody.Instrumentalists and vocalists are welcome to this collaborative course, as are lyricists who have completed Song lyric writing for popular music. Live (and lively) sessions online.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £104.00 - Exploring the music of Gustav Holst Course start date: Tue 5 Nov 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Katy HamiltonComposer, teacher, trombonist… Gustav Holst is known above all for his orchestral suite The Planets, premiered in 1918. But this intriguing musician was also profoundly interested in Hindu literature and philosophy, early British music, English folksong and Wagner. This course provides a brief introduction to his life and career.Full fee £129.00 Senior fee £103.00 Concession £90.00 - Great composers: Arnold Schoenberg Course start date: Tue 3 Dec 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Trish ShawArnold Schoenberg was born in 1874, and his career spanned the period from high Romanticism through Modernism to the post-1945 avante garde. Come and learn how this fascinating and eclectic composer was part of, and a huge influence on, Western classical music during his lifetime and beyond, and learn to appreciate his music for its own sake.Full fee £59.00 Senior fee £59.00 Concession £59.00 - Mediaeval Christmas carols Course start date: Tue 10 Dec 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Edward BreenDiscover the rich heritage of medieval Christmas carols. Learn about traditional forms of the carol and the history behind selected examples.Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £39.00 - Piano/keyboards 5BCourse start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Simon AtkinsFor pianists with around four years' experience. Improve your finger technique, coordination, phrasing, music
reading, and your confidence.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £160.00 - Saxophone 4Course start date: Tue 14 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David HarrisonIf you're an experienced saxophone player, come and extend your technique, musicianship and performance skills in this intermediate workshop. The emphasis will be on playing pop and jazz, developing your musicianship, and improvisation.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00 - Storytelling: tell your personal storyCourse start date: Tue 14 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: John EastmanTell your own personal story to others, and in so doing gain some perspective on how past events have shaped your life and how they will affect your future, while at the same time inspiring and informing others about life choices. The course will take place in a safe environment in the college.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00 - Topics in Romantic music Course start date: Tue 14 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Katy HamiltonA whistle-stop tour of Western classical music in the 19th century. You will explore the ideas that came to define Romanticism for composers and performers, study a range of musical works, and consider the changing context of performance from c.1790 to c.1914. NB: Break week 18 Feb 2025.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £167.00 - 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 - Sing musical theatre workshop Course start date: Tue 14 Jan 2025 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Katherine StrohmaierThis popular course explores musical theatre singing. Grow your knowledge of the repertoire. Suitable for singers and actors wanting to improve their singing and acting through song technique. Be guided through the basics to find the right singing qualities for this repertoire.Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £299.00 Concession £209.00 - Method acting Course start date: Tue 14 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Juliet PragueDiscover and practice some of the key exercises from the Method. Drawing on Uta Hagen’s work in a Challenge for the Actor, you will develop core acting skills gaining relaxation, confidence and authenticity in your performance ability as well as an understanding of the principles of method acting. - Jazz harmony, ear training and ensembles: intermediateCourse start date: Tue 17 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Cerys HoggDevelop your jazz musicianship, repertoire, playing and improvising. Practise ear training, study jazz harmony, learn challenging repertoire. For players with established jazz education at foundation level. Assessment for entry to this course can be arranged after you apply to music@citylit.ac.uk. Break week: 29 Oct 204.Full fee £449.00 Senior fee £449.00 Concession £314.00
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