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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- Clarinet 2ACourse start date: Wed 17 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: George SleightholmeThis course is for students who have played Bb clarinet for at least a year. Come and improve your technique and performance skills, and explore a variety of styles and repertoire. Continues to Clarinet 2B next term. Break 29th October 2025.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00 - Flute: intermediate
Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pamela Pecko SmithThis course is for flautists with at least three years’ experience, or grade 3-5 standard, to advance their solo and ensemble playing in a variety of musical styles. Develop your instrumental technique, tone and musicianship in a creative and supportive environment. Break week 29th Feb 2025.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00 - Jazz piano 1Course start date: Thu 18 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David FrankelIf you have pop piano training or equivalent keyboard harmony skill, come and tackle the easier end of the jazz piano repertoire. Our focus is the study of jazz harmony and voicing, interpretation of a lead sheet and good timing. To benefit from this course you need to play piano at grade 5 or above and be fluent playing major and minor scales.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00 - Folk and pop guitar 3A Course start date: Thu 18 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David HarrisonFor experienced players, our third year of study will develop your rhythmic playing and your interpretation of chord charts using bar chords, mobile scales, bass lines and melody work. Vast and varied repertoire. Playing techniques can apply to acoustic and electric guitar. - Singing workshopCourse start date: Thu 1 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Siobhan BlakeA workshop class for singers with a solid foundation in vocal technique and musicianship: employ your vocal technique in a more flexible and artistic way and deepen your understanding of critical evaluation of singing. Repertoire to be discussed with the tutor. Break week 29th May 2025.Full fee £299.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £209.00 - Flute 2ACourse start date: Thu 18 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pamela Pecko SmithDevelop a range of technical skills on the flute in this intermediate-level course: technique, sight reading plus playing solo and ensemble repertoire with your teacher in a group class. You should have one to two years' experience and play at grade 2 to 3 standard. Break week 30th October 2025.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00 - Singing workshop (contemporary)Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Colette MeuryContinue your study of singing technique and learn songs in popular music styles of folk, jazz, pop, rock, musical theatre. Live sessions online. Develop your musicianship, and add new songs to your repertoire. New students with experience of singing and some formal training are welcome.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £181.00 - Harmonica: Blues, pop and countryCourse start date: Fri 19 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jake RodriguesLearn essential harmonica riffs and techniques on this lively course. Build musical skills and confidence in playing and improvising on popular music. This course is for players who have begun to learn the instrument, not for absolute beginners.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00 - Classical guitar 2ACourse start date: Fri 19 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jeff RodriguesIf you have studied playing and reading for Spanish classical guitar for a year, join this course to develop your technical skills as you learn repertoire of solo and ensemble guitar music.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £219.00 Concession £153.00 - Classical guitar 3ACourse start date: Fri 19 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jeff RodriguesFor graduates of the level 2 course and other experienced players of Spanish classical guitar. This class will work on scales and arpeggios at grades 4 and 5, and fingerstyle versions of Baroque, Latin and popular music. - Jazz piano 4Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Della RhodesA continuation course for graduates of jazz piano 3. Using standard and unusual repertoire, you will develop 'comping' strategies and your ability to improvise in jazz styles.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00 - Saxophone 4Course start date: Tue 29 Apr 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarha MooreFor experienced saxophone players, come and extend your technique, musicianship and performance skills in this workshop. We will play jazz and pop music, solo and as an ensemble, developing musicianship skills, and improvisation.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00 - English pronunciation: stage 1Course start date: Fri 2 May 2025 (and 4 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: David John GwillimAre you a non-native fluent speaker who wants to improve your pronunciation of English and to speak the language more clearly and confidently? Work on clear formation of vowel and consonant sounds including the English neutral vowel and the distinction between voiced and unvoiced sounds. This term the course will be taught online.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £181.00 - English pronunciation: stage 2Course start date: Thu 1 May 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David John GwillimDesigned for people who have completed ‘English Pronunciation: stage 1’ although new students with sufficient skills can join. Develop confidence and clarity, explore diphthongs and triphthongs, inflection and the rhythms of Standard English. This term the course will be taught in the college.Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £181.00 - Music production with Logic Course start date: Tue 30 Sep 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Max La VillaLogic is the industry standard music production software for Apple Mac computers. Discover audio recording and processing, MIDI composition and recording and effective use of Logic’s own high quality software instruments.
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