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  1. Spanish 3 lower at a gentle pace: module 2
    Course start date:  Tue 21 Apr 2026

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Elisabet Rodriguez

    Want to continue learning Spanish but worried that you might not be able to keep up? This course is designed to cover the same material as our standard Spanish 3 lower course: module 2, but at a slightly slower pace, and with more opportunities for revision built in.

    Suitable if you have completed Spanish 3 lower at a gentle pace: module 1 or Spanish 3 lower: module 1, or if you have studied Spanish for at least 3 years recently. Based on Aula Internacional Plus 3, Difusión Publishers (see the Are there any extra costs? section for ISBN).

    Please do not buy the book until after the first session, as if you transfer to another level you might use a different book.

    Full fee £249.00 Senior fee £199.00 Concession £162.00
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  2. City Lit wind ensemble: intermediate
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    Course start date:  Tue 21 Apr 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Pamela Pecko Smith

    Explore 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 weeks
    Term 1   27th - 31st Oct 2025
    Term 2  16th - 20th Feb 2026
    Term 3   25th - 29th May 2026

    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £153.00
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  3. Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00
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  4. Sing musical theatre workshop
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    Course start date:  Tue 21 Apr 2026 (and 4 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Katherine Strohmaier

    This popular course explores musical theatre singing. Grow your knowledge of the repertoire. Suitable for singers and actors wanting to improve their singing and acting through song technique. Be guided through the basics to find the right singing qualities for this repertoire.

    Break weeks
    Term 1   27th - 31st Oct 2025
    Term 2  16th - 20th Feb 2026
    Term 3   25th - 29th May 2026

    Full fee £329.00 Senior fee £329.00 Concession £230.00
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  5. Italian beginners: module 3
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    Course start date:  Tue 21 Apr 2026 (and 7 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Anna Giuffria

    This is the third module (or term) of Italian beginners, so you will be completing your first year of Italian and getting ready to progress to year 2 (Italian 2 lower).

    Did you know that we offersupport sessions for beginner studentsover the term? More information is available in the How will I be taughtsection below.

    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £183.00 Concession £149.00
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  6. Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £130.00
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  7. Latin 2: module 2
    Evening
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    Course start date:  Tue 21 Apr 2026 (and 1 other date)

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Jordan Dyck

    Suitable if you have completed Latin 2: module 1 or have an equivalent knowledge. Improve your knowledge of Latin grammar and your ability to read and write Latin, as well as exploring Roman culture and history.

    Full fee £219.00 Senior fee £175.00 Concession £142.00
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  8. Acting workshop
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    Course start date:  Tue 21 Apr 2026 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Juliet Prague

    Explore, rehearse and perform scenes from several modern plays in this lively acting course. Develop your stagecraft skills and meet like-minded people as you work together on scripts and acting exercises.

    Full fee £259.00 Senior fee £259.00 Concession £181.00
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  9. Silver Swans ballet class improvers
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    Course start date:  Tue 21 Apr 2026 (and 3 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Aoife Doherty
    This 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 £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £167.00
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  10. Dutch beginners: module 2 + 3
    Course start date:  Tue 21 Apr 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Jacqueline Young
    Suitable if you have completed Dutch beginners: an introduction or equivalent.
    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00
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  11. Ways into abstract painting
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    Course start date:  Mon 29 Jun 2026 (and 5 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Eleanor Bedlow
    Encounter different approaches to making abstract paintings while developing your skills in using a range of painting materials. With reference to the work of a variety of abstract artists explore the visual language common to both representation and abstraction, eg. colour, composition, tone and paint application.
    Full fee £389.00 Senior fee £311.00 Concession £253.00
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  12. German 2 lower; module 3
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    Course start date:  Tue 21 Apr 2026 (and 2 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Friederike Schroeder
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    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £239.00 Concession £155.00
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  13. Spanish beginners: module 1
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    Rating:
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    Course start date:  Tue 21 Apr 2026 (and 15 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Adriana Itriago Gavidia

    Learn to speak Spanish on this lively, communicative course for complete beginners. The course is taught in Spanish with an emphasis on developing your speaking andlistening skills.

    If you feel you may benefit from learning at a slower pace, please check our Spanish beginners at a gentle pace: module 1 course.

    Did you know that we offer support sessions for beginner studentsover the term? More information is available in the how will I be taughtsection below.

    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  14. Spanish beginners: module 3
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    Course start date:  Tue 21 Apr 2026 (and 10 other dates)

    Location on this date:  Keeley Street

    Tutors:  Amaia Ibargüen

    Continue learning to speak Spanish on this lively, communicative course for near beginners. Taught in Spanish with the emphasis on developing your listening and speaking skills.

    If you feel you may benefit from learning at a slower pace, please check ourSpanish beginners at a gentle pace: module 3course.

    Did you know that we offersupport sessions for beginner studentsover the term? More information is available in thehow will I be taughtsection below.

    Full fee £229.00 Senior fee £229.00 Concession £149.00
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  15. Modern Greek 3 upper: module 3
    Course start date:  Tue 21 Apr 2026

    Location on this date:  Online

    Tutors:  Maria Contos

    Improve your upper-intermediate Greek on this lively course. The emphasis is on listening and speaking, and on extending your reading and writing skills.Suitable if you have completed Modern Greek 3 upper: module 2 or equivalent (4 and a half years of Greek).

    Full fee £239.00 Senior fee £191.00 Concession £155.00
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