World music courses
Explore music from different cultures, communities, countries and traditions including Folk, Jazz and Popular styles. There are new topics each year across a growing range of music styles and traditions.
To find out more about music history classes and to read our yearlong selection of courses, please see Music history: your guide to our programme which lists classes ordered by term, and by day of the week. You may then click on each title to read the full course outline.
Our staff are professional musicians who teach, write, broadcast, lecture and/or perform widely. In recent years they have worked with BBC Radio 3, Gramophone magazine, Birkbeck, SOAS (University of London), The Open University, Oxford and Cambridge University Press, Early Music, The Wigmore Hall and the Aldeburgh Festival.
Feel free to browse our programme and do email us at music@citylit.ac.uk with any questions.
- Afrocentric drummingCourse start date: Fri 6 Feb 2026 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Paul ChiversExplore and indulge your enthusiasm for drumming with African rhythms and their variations. Improve your individual and group playing skills and learn how to apply a variety of percussive instruments to any musical style.
Full fee £149.00 Senior fee £149.00 Concession £149.00
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