Tanya Derksen is the Vice President of Artistic Production for The Philadelphia Orchestra. She joined the team in 2019 after moving from Canada where she has almost twenty years of experience in the music industry as a performer, teacher, board member, and arts administration leader. In her current position, Tanya has a leadership role in the development of global and domestic partners to enhance the vision of the orchestra. During the pandemic, she has played a key part in shifting the orchestra to digital content and spearheading their COVID-19 safety protocols.

Previous to this role, she was Executive Director of the Regina Symphony Orchestra (RSO) and led the organization to increased growth in subscription revenue and sponsorships, transformed the customer service and marketing approach, established new educational programs, and developed a visionary 5-year strategic plan for the organization.

Tanya has a strong education and community outreach background from her work as Director of Education and Outreach with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. In 2011, she initiated an innovative program called Sistema Winnipeg – an intensive, 5-day a week, after-school youth orchestra program based on the El Sistema model in Venezuela – for students living in neighbourhoods with the lowest socio-economic status in Winnipeg.

Tanya is a passionate and active arts leader with experience on various boards in the arts and business community. Currently, she is the Past President of the Board of Directors for Orchestras Canada.  She has a Master of Business Administration from the University of Manitoba and a Bachelor of Music (piano) from Brandon University.