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All our courses here at City Lit are taught by expert tutors such as published authors, academics, practising artists, and experienced professionals. Our friendly, supportive, and inspiring tutors are here to boost your confidence and motivate you at every step. We always ensure that your journey with us is enjoyable, positive, and thought-provoking.
We offer online courses and in-person courses. Our interactive online courses are taught live and in small groups. Read our guide to online learning for more information. In-person courses are delivered at our modern college campus in London near Covent Garden.
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If you can't decide which subject to study, why not try some of our short taster courses?
- Clarinet 2ACourse start date: Mon 16 Sep 2024
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. - Stanislavski: beginners
Course start date: Mon 16 Sep 2024 (and 2 other dates)Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Deirdre Strath ClydeDiscover the system of realistic acting that most professional actors use today — the approach to training, characterisation and rehearsal technique developed by the legendary Konstantin Stanislavski.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 - Silver Swans ballet class improvers Course start date: Wed 18 Sep 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Abigail BulfinThis improvers course will focus on expanding existing knowledge of ballet technique and vocabulary and is designed to enable you to learn and execute more varied and complex movement sequences. There is an emphasis on delivering ballet technique to facilitate healthy joints, flexibility, movement quality and core strength.
Silver Swans® classes have been specifically designed for the over-55s and the improvers course is suitable for older leaners with at least 1 year of foundation ballet or Silver Swans experience.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00 - City Lit wind ensemble: intermediate Course start date: Tue 17 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pamela Pecko SmithExplore the wonderful repertoire for mixed wind ensemble, developing your technical, musical and ensemble skills. You need to play an orchestral wind instrument (including saxophone) at grade 3 standard or higher. Break week 29th October 2024.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00 - English communication skills for life and work (ESOL entry 2)Course start date: Tue 17 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Can you have short conversations in English, and read and write simple emails, but want to do more? This course will help you talk, read and write about more interesting subjects and make fewer mistakes so people can understand you, you can understand them and you can read and write important messages, emails, forms and news stories. You will improve your vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation. By the end of this three-term programme you will able to interact confidently with English speakers in your daily life. You can join the course at any time.
You need to do a pre-course assessment. Contact universal.skills@citylit.ac.uk / 020 8078 0489 for a face-to-face assessment or click the Start Assessment button on this page. Log on with your email address (not name).
This course is FREE if you are employed and on a low wage or you are claiming benefits. For more information Click here
Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £90.00 - Dance 60+Course start date: Tue 17 Sep 2024 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Francis AngolJoin our weekly dance and movement classes to improve mobility, posture, balance and coordination. Our aim is to inspire older men and women to get creative with dance and movement.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00 - Creative non-fiction Course start date: Tue 17 Sep 2024 (and 10 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Paul LaffanExplore practical and imaginative approaches to creative non fiction, including travel writing, life writing and the essay. Analyse published work, produce your own pieces, and benefit from detailed feedback.Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £249.00 Concession £125.00 - Creative instrumental ensemble Course start date: Wed 18 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: George SleightholmeCome and get creative with your instrument! Learn to create original music in a collaborative and supportive atmosphere with an experienced tutor and like-minded musicians.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00 - Ballet pointe: improvers Course start date: Wed 18 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Dilek TaptikRefine, stregthen and challenge your pointe work. With expert guidance you will gain greater confindence and build on your technique as we explore more complex combinations at the barre and in the centre. Working safely and with correct alignment are at the core of what we do so to get the most out of this course you should have attended regular ballet classes and pointe work for at least 12-18 months.Full fee £179.00 Senior fee £143.00 Concession £125.00 - Jazz piano 2Course start date: Sat 18 Jan 2025 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: David FrankelTry more difficult tunes and conventions with more practice at 'comping' and improvising. You will need a working knowledge of jazz harmony in order to develop your playing on this course. Ideal for graduates of jazz piano 1.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00 - Aural training (solfa) 1A Course start date: Thu 19 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Selena KayThis practical course is based on the famous Kodály method and focuses on sight-singing and aural perception to develop your general musicianship. You need knowledge of music theory to at least Grade 3 level to take this course. Break weeks: 11 & 31 Oct 2024.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £159.00 Concession £139.00 - Folk and pop guitar: advanced
Course start date: Sat 21 Sep 2024 (and 1 other date)Location on this date: Online
Tutors: David HarrisonFor experienced and able players here is our advanced level class for contemporary guitar study. Live sessions on Zoom.
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 £139.00 - Saxophone 3ACourse start date: Sat 21 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sarha MooreIdeal if you are at intermediate level playing your saxophone, can read and improvise, have some understanding of harmony, and experience of performing. Our repertoire will be pop, jazz and World music. Technical work on the instrument will be combined with solo playing, learning tunes, improvisation and musicianship training. - Jazz harmony and ear training 1ACourse start date: Sat 21 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Cerys HoggWe will study time, form, root movement and harmonic progression, chord types, intervals, scales and modes. Learn transcribed solos and participate in playing sessions. For players with a working knowledge of basic harmony and instrumental proficiency beyond grade 5. Please contact music@citylit.ac.uk to arrange to be assessed for entry to this course. Break week: 26 Oct 2024.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00 - Jazz harmony and ear training 2ACourse start date: Sat 21 Sep 2024
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Cerys HoggIf you already play jazz and can recognise intervals and diatonic seventh chords in sequence, come and develop your aural, harmonic and rhythmic sense through the study of jazz standards and improvisation. Most sessions will involve playing as an ensemble. Please contact music@citylit.ac.uk to arrange to be assessed if you are a new student. Break week: 26 Oct 2024.Full fee £199.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £139.00
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