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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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- Using Apple Mac OS: short introductionCourse start date: Sat 6 Aug 2022 (and 3 other dates)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Michael HardingLearn about Apple Mac computers: the desktop, layout and environment, how to open, save and close files, and navigate the operating system.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £39.00 Concession £25.00 - Discover French
Course start date: Mon 1 Aug 2022Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Valerie JézéquelGet a flavour of French and its basic sentence structure. Learn some useful phrases and some pronunciation guidelines. A fascinating introduction for complete beginners and those who might like to take it further.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Great works: West Side StoryCourse start date: Tue 2 Aug 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Pauline GreeneSixty-five years ago, West Side Story took Broadway by storm, and now a new film is doing the same. Who created it and how, and what impact did it have on musicals – and in films - afterwards?Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £23.00 Concession £18.00 - Book arts drop-inCourse start date: Fri 5 Aug 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Sue DoggettA one-day, tutor supported book arts workshop. This short course is ideal for students who would like some technical or conceptual advice and the space to work on a personal project. Students will work independently with one to one support.Full fee £49.00 Senior fee £49.00 Concession £49.00 - Picture book writing: a tasterCourse start date: Sat 6 Aug 2022 (and 2 other dates)
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Andrew WealeWould you like to write a picture book text for young children? This taster course is designed for children's writers and for illustrators wishing to write their own stories; a starter course to develop both your ideas and your technique.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £69.00 Senior fee £69.00 Concession £28.00 - Chess and TV drama: Netflix's The Queen's GambitCourse start date: Sat 6 Aug 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Paul McKeownThe chess in the Netflix small screen serial, “The Queen’s Gambit” and Walter Tevis’s novel, which Netflix adapted.Full fee £39.00 Senior fee £31.00 Concession £17.00 - Violin and viola tasterCourse start date: Mon 8 Aug 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Edmund TaylorLearn how to hold the violin/viola and bow, how the instrument works, and play some simple tunes by the end of the session. Please bring your own instrument.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00 - Piano tasterCourse start date: Wed 10 Aug 2022 (and 1 other date)
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Ana Claudia MagalhaesA fun introduction to the piano: learn the names of the notes and where they are, and how to play some simple tunes. Find out whether piano is for you!Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Flute tasterCourse start date: Thu 11 Aug 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
The course introduces you to the basic techniques of playing the flute and gives you an insight into what is involved in learning the instrument. tutor: Pam Pecko Smith.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00 - Cello tasterCourse start date: Thu 11 Aug 2022
Location on this date: Keeley Street
Tutors: Polly HewettLearn how to hold the cello and bow, how the instrument works, and play some simple tunes by the end of the session. Please bring your own instrument.Full fee £29.00 Senior fee £29.00 Concession £29.00 - Learn to read music: tasterCourse start date: Thu 11 Aug 2022
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Selena KayBegin to read music, for instrumental playing and singing. Learn to name and recognise notes. An introduction for
absolute beginners.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £19.00 Concession £19.00 - Great works: Byrd's Quomodo cantabimusCourse start date: Wed 24 Aug 2022
Location on this date: Online
Tutors: Edward BreenExplore the eight-voice motet Quomodo cantabimus (How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land) by William Byrd and learn how it may be interpreted as a reaction to the newly-protestant England in which he lived.
This course will be delivered online. See the ‘What is the course about?’ section in course details for more information.Full fee £19.00 Senior fee £15.00 Concession £12.00
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