A woman in a purple dress is playing a clarinet.

Kiran Bhardwaj

Kiran grew up mainly in Arkansas and Nebraska. She attended Bryn Mawr College and holds a B.A. in Music and Philosophy, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Philosophy. She currently teaches philosophy at Phillips Andover Academy. Kiran joined New Phil in 2017 and also plays with Reading Symphony Orchestra, and occasionally the Harvard Music Association’s Reading Orchestra, and with a wind quintet. Kiran’s husband Michael Boyle is an engineer and also plays French horn in local orchestras, including (on occasion) New Phil. Fun fact: they met in orchestra! In her free time you can find Kiran doing jigsaw puzzles, running (very slowly), and baking.