Networks and Partners
Networks and Partners
The Institute of Music is firmly rooted culturally and educationally, both regionally and internationally. Here you will find our most important partners.
You can find the IfM partner universities here:
Music and Art School of the City of Osnabrück
There is an intensive cooperative relationship between the IfM and the Music and Art School of the City of Osnabrück (MKS). The proximity of the two institutions and the overlap in content offer good opportunities and potential for both. Students and pupils gain a direct connection to professional life as a music teacher.
http://musikschule.osnabrueck.de
Musikschule des Emslandes (Emsland Music School)
A long-standing cooperation partner is the Musikschule des Emslandes. The Musikschule des Emslandes e. V. was founded in 1965. It grew out of the private music school that Heinz Schäfer-Sandhage set up in Meppen immediately after the end of the Second World War.
http://www.musikschule-des-emslandes.de
Cooperating schools in the Osnabrück area
- Angelaschule (grammar school): main project for wind classes at grammar schools
- Altstädter Grundschule: main project for woodwind classes
- Elisabethschule (primary school): main project for string classes
- Heinrich Schüren-Schule (primary school): main project for vocal classes
- Thomas-Morus-Schule (secondary school): main project for wind class music-making at secondary schools
- Grundschule Hellern: main project for classroom music-making on guitar
- Rosenplatzschule (primary school): afternoon program for musical theater in primary school
- Heilig-Geist-Schule (primary school): main project for classroom music-making in musical theater in primary school
- Hauptschule Innenstadt (secondary school): main project for band work at secondary schools
- Möser Realschule (secondary school): main project for band work at secondary schools
- Gesamtschule Schinkel: project-based cooperation in EMP
Theater Osnabrück
The IfM's most important cooperation partner when it comes to the stage. Theater Osnabrück, with all its divisions, is a vibrant part of the City of Peace Osnabrück; its 300 employees see their artistic work as a social task and thus play a decisive role in shaping the profile of the city and the region.
Freilichtspiele Tecklenburg
The renowned open-air stage in a medieval castle ruin presents musical productions from May to September. With around 2,000 seats, Tecklenburg is the largest open-air stage for musical productions in Germany. The IfM and the Tecklenburg stage have been cooperating regularly since 2003.
Theater Hagen
There has been a regular cooperation between the IfM and Theater Hagen since 2011. Theater Hagen celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2011. As a civic theater, it lies in the heart of Hagen and is one of the most important cultural attractions and an expression of the city's lively culture.
Theater Minden
As a theater without a permanent ensemble, Theater Minden and the IfM have been cooperating regularly for several years. The theater, built in 1908 in neo-baroque style, offers drama, music theater, dance and concerts.
BlueNote
Regular concerts by the teaching staff and the three-day student festival JAZZ NIGHTS take place here twice a year. In reference to the legendary jazz label, the name stands for the program: the "BlueNote" mainly hosts music concerts and other live events, with regular jazz concerts, jazz sessions, blues concerts, but also improv theater, readings and much more.
Haus der Jugend
Final exam concerts and musical performances take place here in close cooperation with the university. The Haus der Jugend in Osnabrück's old town is a meeting place for children, young people and adults who enjoy creative leisure activities. In addition to open youth work, the focus is on courses for all ages and events in areas such as theater, film, music and cabaret.
Lagerhalle
POP!Stage takes place here regularly twice a year. The Lagerhalle has existed since 1976 in the former premises of an ironware warehouse of the Richter company. In the 1970s, thanks to the great commitment of many people, one of the first and largest cultural and communication centers in Germany was established here.
Lutherhaus
A beautiful venue that can be used for composers' forums, singer-songwriter evenings and concerts of all kinds in small ensembles. The Lutherhaus was built in the 1920s and completely renovated in 2006. The spacious building with a total area of almost 1,000 m² houses a large concert hall for around 300 people. The building is also home to the record label Wonderland Records, a recording studio and soon a DVD studio, which will make it possible to produce live concert recordings in the future.
Stadtgaleriecafe
A beautiful café in the old town is a regular performance venue for the Stage Factory of the Musical specialization.
Unikeller
The POP! Sessions take place here regularly. The Unikeller offers a small but fine cultural program with exhibitions, concerts, readings and parties.
Zauber von Os
Sessions of the Pop specialization take place here regularly.
AEMP
The AEMP is an association of training institutions for EMP in Germany. The range of tasks of this body, founded in 1994, is broad and includes defining the goals, content and tasks of an EMP degree program.
European Association of Conservatoires, Academys de musique et Musikhochschulen (AEC)
The AEC is a European cultural and educational network with over 300 member institutions for professional music training in 57 countries. The IfM has been a member of the AEC since 2010.
Bundesverband Deutscher Gesangspädagogen (Federal Association of German Singing Teachers)
With its focus on vocal pedagogy, the BDG is an important cooperation partner of the IfM. The Bundesverband Deutscher Gesangspädagogen (BDG) e.V. is an association of singing teachers from universities of music, music academies, conservatories and music schools, as well as freelance singing teachers in Germany. It was founded in Detmold on April 16, 1988. It is a co-founder and member of the European Voice Teachers Association (EVTA) and pursues exclusively non-profit purposes.
Deutscher Chorverband (German Choral Association)
Over 1.4 million singing and supporting members in around 21,000 choirs – the Deutscher Chorverband (DCV) is Germany's first port of call for vocal music. As the umbrella organization of its 30 member associations and the Deutsche Chorjugend, the DCV is the amateur music organization with the most members worldwide.
Deutscher Tonkünstlerverband (German Musicians' Association)
As the oldest and largest professional association for musicians, the Deutscher Tonkünstlerverband has around 8,100 members in 16 regional associations and represents the music professions – performers, composers, music teachers, etc.
Fokus e.V.
An important cooperation partner of the city for the events "Sommer in der Stadt", "Osnabrücker Samstag", "Kleinkunst im Innenhof", "LyraSingen" and "Musikprogramm Open Air Kino". The Forum Osnabrück für Kultur und Soziales e.V., FOKUS for short, is a non-profit registered association whose activities include municipal youth and cultural work.
JeKits
Jedem Kind Instrumente, Tanzen, Singen (Instruments, dancing and singing for every child) is a cultural education program in primary schools in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. JeKits is carried out in cooperation between extracurricular educational institutions (such as music schools or dance institutions) and schools. The program reaches all children at a JeKits school.
Jeunesses Musicales
Jeunesses Musicales Deutschland (JMD) is the German section of Jeunesses Musicales International (JMI). It was founded in Brussels during the Second World War with the aim of peaceful international encounters between young musicians and international understanding. Jeunesses Musicales International is considered the largest musical youth culture organization in the world and is active in over 50 countries. As the JMI "World Meeting Center" , Weikersheim is a meeting place for young musicians from all over the world.
Cultural Office of the City of Osnabrück
The city's Cultural Office is a partner of Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences for the Long Night of Museums, open days at the Kunsthalle and the city hall cultural program.
map (Musical Amateur Theater Project)
The Musical Amateur Project (MAP) of the Verein zur Förderung der Musicalkünste e.V. gives amateurs the opportunity to try out the three areas of musical theater: singing, dancing and acting. The combination of these different areas is what makes musicals so fascinating.
Morgenlandfestival
In 2016, the Morgenland Campus will take place at the IfM for the first time in cooperation with the Morgenland Festival. Since 2005, the Morgenland Festival Osnabrück has been dedicated to the fascinating musical culture of the Near and Middle East, from traditional music and classical music to the avant-garde, jazz and rock. Focusing on a region that, as the "Orient", immediately evokes positive and negative clichés, the festival has made it its task to counter these images with something as authentic as possible. The festival enables its audience and guests to encounter the other as something complex – sometimes related, sometimes inspiringly foreign.
Musik 21 – Niedersächsische Gesellschaft für Neue Musik e.V. (Lower Saxony Society for New Music)
sees itself as the umbrella organization of the new music initiatives in Lower Saxony. The registered, recognized non-profit association pursues "the promotion of cultural purposes through the cultivation and dissemination of current and contemporary music and the promotion of its creators and performers". In particular, it supports the organizational conditions and requirements for realization.
Niedersächsischer Chorverband (Lower Saxony Choral Association)
Lower Saxony's most important point of contact for all things choral.
Osnabrück Marketing & Tourismus GmbH
OMT is an important partner for the city's events in public spaces such as Maiwoche, Kulturnacht, Osnabrücker Samstag, etc. Together with its shareholders, the City of Osnabrück and Osnabrücker City Marketing e.V., and with the support of other partners, the team at Osnabrück Marketing und Tourismus GmbH (OMT) is responsible for city management, tourism and cultural promotion, the Tourist Information Osnabrück|Osnabrücker Land and regional and congress marketing for Osnabrück. OMT's task is to continuously increase Osnabrück's attractiveness for residents and visitors in close cooperation with various partners from administration and business and to make the city known in Germany and abroad.
www.osnabrueck.de/tourismus/service/omt/omt-experten-fuer-marketing-und-tourismus.html
Osnabrücker Werkstätten
Students of Elementary Music Education at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences gain insights into artistic and educational work with people with disabilities during their studies and thus acquire an interesting basic competence for their future professional life.
www.os-hho.de/arbeit/werkstaetten.html
Osnabrück University
The university is a frequent and important cooperation partner of the IfM. In the fine arts and in orchestral and choral music, the two institutions support each other in numerous projects. It was founded in 1974 and in its current form emerged from a teacher training college, the Adolf-Reichwein College, which had been based in Osnabrück Castle since 1953. Research focuses on a variety of interdisciplinary degree programs that are offered at only a few German universities or exist in this form only in Osnabrück.
VDM
The Verband deutscher Musikschulen (Association of German Music Schools), with its 16 regional associations, is the umbrella organization of around 950 public music schools in Germany, where a total of over 1 million children, young people and adults are taught practical music-making by 38,000 specialist teachers at 4,000 locations nationwide.