Jennifer Hambrick
Classical Midday AnnouncerJennifer Hambrick unites her extensive backgrounds in the arts and media and her deep roots in Columbus to bring inspiring music to central Ohio as Classical 101’s midday host. Jennifer performed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Civic Orchestra of Chicago before earning a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
She is a graduate of the Eastman School of Music and the recipient of both the Eastman School’s prestigious Performer’s Certificate and a Fulbright grant for advanced study in London, England.
As a writer and radio producer, Jennifer has interviewed some of the world’s most fascinating people, including Nobel Peace Prize-winning authors, Wolfe Prize-winning mathematicians and many of the world’s foremost classical musicians. Her feature writing has appeared in numerous publications across the country, as well as on WOSU Radio and wosu.org, and has garnered national awards. An award-winning poet, Jennifer’s poetry has also been honored with nominations for the Pushcart Prize and the Ohioana Book Award.
Jennifer enjoys seeking out adventures in good food and healthy living, digging deep in her garden and savoring good times with family.
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Classical 101The threads of childhood experience and cultural identity will be woven into a tapestry of sound in a concert of the Worthington Chamber Orchestra and the New World Singers of the Columbus Children’s Choir Sunday, May 5 at 5 p.m. in Worthington United Methodist Church. -
Classical 101Every building has a unique personality. The Overlook Hotel, the demonically possessed setting of Stephen King's novel The Shining, is now also the title character of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project's recording of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Paul Moravec’s musical works inspired by architectural forms. -
Classical 101In January 2021 cellist and composer Joshua Roman suffered a bout with COVID-19. More than three years later, he's still living with career-threatening symptoms of long COVID. Roman's journey has taught him to let go of the illusion of perfectionism and embrace his humanity. It has also led him to embark on some cutting-edge projects that join classical music and wellness. -
Classical 101The Abeo Quartet is a rising star with a mission to perform the standard string quartet repertoire and works by underrepresented composers, including composers of color and women. Watch as the quartet performs the sublime first movement of Fanny Mendelssohn’s String Quartet in E-flat in WOSU Public Media’s Performance Studio. -
Classical 101A new recording, American Counterpoints, sets two undercelebrated African American composers in counterpoint and brings to light a long-obscured musical masterpiece in its first commercial recording. -
Classical 101The documentary Symphony of the Holocaust chronicles Hungarian violin prodigy Shony Alex Braun’s musical journey through the Holocaust, the composition of his Symphony of the Holocaust after the war’s end, and the efforts to bring the beauty of music to a place that saw some of the world’s deepest darkness. -
Classical 101Columbus artist April Sunami believes great art happens in communities. Now, in an exhibition of new work at Worthington’s McConnell Arts Center, Sunami is giving thanks to the family, friends and fellow artists who helped her along the way. -
Classical 101Conductor Kellen Gray's most recent recording, African American Voices II, is the first major recording of important works by three noted African American composers - but it is more than that. The recording’s collection of distinctive musical voices stands to bring nuance to our understanding of the landscape of African American music. -
Classical 101In Columbus author Kerry Winfrey’s most recent rom com novel, Faking Christmas, a host of quirky sugar plums sweeten a zany tale of a workplace untruth run amok, family fun and a budding romance at Christmastime in central Ohio. -
Classical 101Working in different mediums, Columbus-area artists Zanardelli and Meg Beech shape negative space in ways that give their work its distinctive flavor, in abstract forms and representational forms inspired by nature. Their work is on display in Beauty in the Negative, in the Columbus Cultural Arts Center’s Loft Gallery, through Dec. 30.
