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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- Transcribe jazz solosCourse start date: Sun 15 Oct 2023
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Tim RichardsA study and sharing group for experienced jazz players with a good working knowledge of harmony and experience of improvising. We will focus on in-depth listening and transcription of recorded examples by jazz musicians. Sessions will include demonstration and performance opportunities. Course dates: 15 October, 12 November, 3 December, 21 January, 18 February, 17 March 2023.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00 - Sing jazz 2Course start date: Sat 13 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Laura ZakianIf you have completed Sing jazz 1, or who have equivalent experience and ability in the jazz idiom, join this class to develop your jazz conception, solo performance and expand your repertoire. Continues to Sing jazz 3 next term. - The essential history of jazz in 20 cutsCourse start date: Mon 15 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Albi GravenerThrough a selection of 20 iconic albums, we will study the key figures, the innovators and the star soloists of 20th century jazz, as well as some important artists you might be less familiar with. - Choral singing for pleasureCourse start date: Mon 18 Sep 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Richard Hartley WilsonWhether you’re a beginner or have some experience, this choral class will give you something to look forward to on a Monday. We sing many genres from musical theatre to pop plus more traditional pieces. This course is very popular, so booking early is essential. Break week 23rd of Oct 2023.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Keyboard harmony in historical contextCourse start date: Mon 15 Jan 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ricardo GosalboA practical workshop combining keyboard harmony and pianistic technique for classical pianists with a starting standard of grade 6. This advanced 6-module course is taught at the keyboard and takes a historical approach to harmony and technique. We discuss separate eras and their corresponding harmonic developments in each self-contained module, along with main points of evolution in pianistic technique. NB: no break week.Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00 - Piano workshop 4Course start date: Tue 19 Sep 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Edward HendersonIf you play piano at around grade 4 standard, join one of our workshops to develop your playing by studying a wide range of piano repertoire, with a focus on technique, practice and performance skills.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - The music of fin-de-siècle ViennaCourse start date: Tue 16 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Karen BetleyVienna in the late 19th and early 20th centuries acted as a musical magnet, attracting to it composers as diverse as Mahler, Schoenberg and Richard Strauss. Join us as we explore the music of those who were living and working in Vienna at this time, and the ideas that influenced them. NB: This course has no scheduled break week.Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Exploring classical music: module 4Course start date: Tue 16 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Edward HendersonThis course offers a (very) brief history of Western art music during the 20th century. Suitable for classical music enthusiasts as well as near beginners. Each week we will look at a key work of classical music from the twentieth century and use it as a jumping off point to discuss the important historical and aesthetic developments that affected composition in the modern era. NB: no break week term 2, 2024. - Recorder ensemble: advancedCourse start date: Wed 20 Sep 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Peter WendlandIf you are already experienced in recorder ensemble playing, join this small, friendly group to look at developing consort playing skills in Renaissance, Baroque and contemporary styles. Break week: 25 Oct 2023.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00 - Piano workshop 7Course start date: Thu 21 Sep 2023 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ricardo GosalboIf you play piano at around grade 7 standard, join one of these lively workshops to develop your playing by studying a wide range of piano repertoire, with a focus on technique, tone production, pedalling and performance skills. Break week: Thursday 26 Oct 2023.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Exploring opera 2Course start date: Thu 18 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pauline GreeneJoin us to explore the history of opera over three enjoyable terms. In this second term we’ll explore the innovations of Mozart, the impact of the French Revolution and the early Romantics. NB: This course has no break week. - Haydn: string quartetsCourse start date: Thu 18 Jan 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Karen BetleyIn Haydn’s hands the string quartet came of age, becoming a genre able to convey intimate and complex thoughts. Come and explore the ways in which Haydn adapted the quartet to such a task. 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 £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00 - Piano workshop 5Course start date: Thu 21 Sep 2023 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ricardo GosalboIf you play piano at around grade 5 standard, join one of these workshops to develop your playing by studying a wide range of piano repertoire, with focus on technique, practice and performance skills. Break week: Thursday 26 Oct 2023.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Piano workshop 6Course start date: Thu 21 Sep 2023 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ricardo GosalboIf you play piano at around grade 6 standard, join one of these workshops to develop your playing by studying a wide range of piano repertoire, with focus on technique, textural awareness, practice and performance skills. Break week: Thursday 26 Oct 2023.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00 - Music theory: fugue writingCourse start date: Mon 4 Mar 2024
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Karl LutchmayerStudy the structure of basic fugues from the 18th century and learn to write your own fugue. This course balances analysis with practical compositional techniques. Scheduled break weeks: 1, 8,15 April and bank holiday mondays 6, 27 May 2024.
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 £149.00
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