As a permanent teaching institution, a composers' colloquium entitled "Music of our time" is held at the Institute of Music under the direction of Violeta Dinescu and Jörg Siepermann. Composers of contemporary music from Germany and abroad (e.g. Mauricio Kagel, Krzysztof Penderecki, Helmut Oehring) and lesser-known composers will present their works, projects and pieces for discussion. In accompanying courses, these works are analysed and examined from a musicological perspective.

At the end of each semester, students are given the opportunity to present their own compositions in public as part of the composers' colloquium. They are supported by professional performers from the region.

The events take place at 6.00 pm in the Chamber Music Hall (A11), unless otherwise stated.

18 April 2008: Brain & Body
The violinist and performer Peter Bayreuther (Melle) and the DJ professor Wolfgang Martin Stroh (Oldenburg) present a project report with live interludes.

25 April 2008: The Flute in My Life
Carin Levine (Cincinnati/Ohio, Silke)

09 May 2008: Frank O'Hara on the Phone Piece - About My Music
Andrew Hamilton (Dublin)

16. May 2008: Between Play and Technique
Monika Neumann (Nordhorn)
Ulla Levens (violin) and Bei Peng (piano)

23 May 2008: Prizewinners' Concert of the Carl von Ossietzky Choir Competition
Portrait of the prizewinner Alina-Maria Rötzer (Bucharest/Oldenburg)
Performers: Burkhard Wild (flute), Dagmar Ludwig (saxophone), Rafael Rötzer (trumpet), Andreas Heuwagen (percussion), Jochen Zillesen (double bass)
Carl von Ossietzky Choir Oldenburg, conductor: Manfred Klinkebiel

30. May 2008: Zwischen Räume
Eva Maria Houben (Dortmund)

06 June 2008: klang.quellen@meine.musik
Bruno Strobl (Carinthia/Vienna)

13 June 2008: Portrait Charlotte Seither (Bonn)
Performers: Christina Ascher (alto), Gabriele Wulff (piano)

20 June 2008: Melodrama Re-visited
Graham Waterhouse (London/Munich)

27 June 2008: Images of the Mind
John Palmer (London/Stuttgart)

03 July 2008 (Thursday): Workshop of the composition seminar SS08
Works by Daniel Baum, Rami Chahin, Martin Kowalewski, Bei Peng and Roberto Reale. Playing: Daniel Baum (piano) and Jana Beckmann (violin), guests: Adrianna Wolaver (harp) and Stefana Lupu (cello) .
The event will take place at 18:00 in the corridor between A9 0-017 and 019.

04 July 2008: Kurdish music today
The event will take place at the Yezidesch-Forum (Eidechsenstr. Str. 19, 26133 Oldenburg).

05 July 2008 (Saturday)
Students of the University of Oldenburg present their own compositions
The event will take place in the Marktkirche in Goslar.

11 July 2008
6:00 pm: News from the piano - Christiane Abt & students
19:00: Students of the University of Oldenburg present their own compositions

Unless otherwise stated, the events will take place at 6.00 pm in the Chamber Music Hall (A11). All events are open to the public and free of charge.