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- Watercolour painting: mixed media techniques
Course start date: Mon 6 Jan 2025 (and 2 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ruth BrisonWatercolour has a rich tradition - this course will explore the more experimental ways of using this pleasurable medium and will present new possibilities for producing exciting new work with mixed media. Make inventive combinations of media to draw from your own found imagery, photographs and sketches.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £129.00 - Gentle movement for healthy living Course start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Eveltos PagdadesDo you want to live a healthier life and you are not sure where to start? You will learn and practise a variety of exercises to improve your fitness, flexibility, balance and general health. This course is fun and inclusive, whatever your level of fitness.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £118.00 - Pilates beginners Course start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 5 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Cathy NorrisLearn Pilates’ exercises to improve your general health at a gentle and enjoyable pace. This course covers basic moves to improve core strength, balance and posture. Suitable for all, including complete beginners and those who want to exercise at a slower pace.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £118.00 - Pilates mixed levelsCourse start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 7 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Cathy NorrisLearn unique Pilates exercises to improve your core strength, muscular strength, balance, posture and relaxation. Develop your technique, use small equipment, and progress your practise. Include these enjoyable exercises into your daily routine for improved health.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00 - Piano/keyboards 1C Course start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 6 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarha MooreThis is the third term in our beginners piano programme. If you have completed ‘Piano/keyboards 1B’ or have existing keyboard and music reading skills, this course will further develop your technique and musicianship.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £160.00 - Violin and viola 3B Course start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Robert PuzeyThis course is for players who have been learning violin/viola for two to three years (playing at grade 2-3 standard), take the next step to learn vibrato, positions above 1st, and improved bow control. This course continues from Violin and viola 3A last term and with 3C next term. Break week 17 Feb 2025. - Clarinet 3BCourse start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: George SleightholmeThis course is for students who have played Bb clarinet for at least 2 years. Come and improve your technique and performance skills, and explore a variety of styles and repertoire. - Philosophy and memoryCourse start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Anita KasabovaWhat is memory? How does memory impact our sense of self and time? Why does memory often go wrong? If our memory is unreliable, can it provide knowledge of our personal past? How is memory registered in the body? What is collective memory? This course explores memory through philosophical and psychological lenses.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £110.00 - Writing for children: advanced Course start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Penny JoelsonThis supportive and interactive course for advanced children's writers will help deepen your understanding of the genre and acquire techniques to hone your writing.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £100.00 - Music notation: a brief history Course start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Edward BreenHow did our current system of Western staff notation develop and how have manuscripts, printed scores and software all contributed to its versatility? Suitable for those who have at least basic notation-reading skills. Break week: 17 Feb 2025.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00 - Yoga improvers Course start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Carolina SanchezThis course is ideal for those Yoga students who want to progress and consolidate their yoga practice. Progression does not necessarily mean being intermediate or more flexible or knowing the poses by heart, but rather being able to endure poses for longer periods of time and have the desire to learn deeper aspects of the Yoga practice. You will have a space to reflect and observe your own Yoga practice at more depth.Full fee £169.00 Senior fee £135.00 Concession £118.00 - Tap dance: beginnersCourse start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jacqueline PertIf you are new to tap then this is the place to start. Come and find your dancing feet. Suitable for students of all ages with good general fitness. Tap shoes are essential.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £179.00 Concession £125.00 - Exploring classical music: module 2 Course start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Edward BreenDo you want to know more about classical music history? Explore selected topics and key works in Baroque, Classical and early Romantic music on this highly informative 10-week course. Ideal for people with no specialist knowledge. Break week: 17 Feb 2025.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00 - Recorders: return to playingCourse start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Layil BarrIf you already know the fingering for C to G (or F to C), can read music and play in tune and time, this course will develop your technique and musicianship further. Please bring your own instrument(s). The class is for all recorder types (descant, treble, tenor and bass).Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00 - Piano/keyboards 2C Course start date: Mon 13 Jan 2025 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Jonathan WilsonMove beyond grade 1 piano repertoire and develop your technique and fluency. The repertoire in this module will encompass more complex rhythm patterns and scales from the grade 2 syllabus.Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £160.00
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