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
- Music theory: score reading and analysis level 5Course start date: Wed 17 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Oliver ChandlerLearn to navigate music scores and analyse basic structures. Learn to identify stylistic characteristics of music from different periods of music history, suitable for developing your understanding of music in its historical context, and to support the style identification elements of grade 5+ ABRSM exams. NB: no break week.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £116.00 - Classical guitar: advancedCourse start date: Wed 20 Sep 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Kevin CahillFor experienced classical guitar players, you will work on scales and arpeggios at grades 7 & 8, and learn to play fingerstyle versions of Baroque, Latin and popular music.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £123.00 - Flute: advancedCourse start date: Wed 20 Sep 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Lindsey FillinghamThis online course is for flautists with at least 5 years training, or Grade 6+ standard, to advance their solo and ensemble playing in a variety of musical styles.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £189.00 Senior fee £189.00 Concession £123.00 - Music theory: score reading and analysis level 6Course start date: Wed 24 Apr 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Oliver ChandlerLearn to navigate music scores, analyse basic structures (harmonic, motivic, and contrapuntal), and identify late-eighteenth and nineteenth-century stylistic characteristics through the study of Clara Schumann’s and Fanny Hensel’s music, starting with their earliest compositions and finishing with their most accomplished, mature works.
NB: this course has a scheduled break week: 29 May 2024.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information. - Acting for radio: Theatre CompanyCourse start date: Wed 27 Sep 2023 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: David GoodersonBecome part of a radio repertory company and take part in creating and recording for broadcast a performance of the radio play The Wind in the Willows, adapted from Kenneth Grahame's classic novel by the tutor David Gooderson. For those with previous experience in acting and radio, either through courses or industry. Please click on Start Your Interview to apply; the Drama Department will contact you to progress your application.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £125.00 - Music theory: Bach choralesCourse start date: Wed 20 Sep 2023
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Oliver ChandlerLearn to name chords, cadences and recognise basic chord progressions in Bach’s 4-part chorale textures. NB: this course has a scheduled break on 25th October 2023.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £179.00
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