Given all the challenges orchestras face today, are there in fact opportunities to create broader impact with symphonic music and our talented musicians? Can we still be a ‘great orchestra’ on stage every week, but also allow ourselves to become greater resources for our cities and beyond? I look forward to exploring what I feel is the next important chapter for orchestras like the New York Philharmonic. As part of the weekly lecture series hosted by the U-M Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies, New York Philharmonic President Matthew VanBesien will explore his vision for the next important chapter for orchestras like the New York Philharmonic. VanBesien joined the New York Philharmonic as executive director designate in March 2012, and was named president in June 2014. Since coming to the Philharmonic, he has expanded the Orchestra’s role as a resource to its hometown community (such as through the inaugural NY PHIL BIENNIAL in the spring of 2014) and across the country and globally, evidenced in the New York Philharmonic Global Academy, partnerships with cultural institutions that combine performance with intensive training by Philharmonic musicians.