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 101A new children’s picture book offers inspiring messages about the powers of making music with others. -
Classical 101The 2024-25 academic year marks the inaugural academic year for the classical guitar major at Ohio State University. Watch a performance by two of the program's students, and see what OSU guitar instructor Karl Wohlwend has in store for the program. -
Classical 101For more than three decades, the Columbus Guitar Society has been the dedicated guitar home for central Ohio. -
Classical 101Photographer Eleanor Jane’s Superstar Guitars is the ultimate guitar aficionado’s coffee table book, packed with hundreds of intimately detailed photos of some of the guitars that helped make music what it is today. -
Classical 101It’s never too late – or too early – to learn how to pay the guitar. In celebration of National Guitar Day (Feb. 11), here’s a list of children’s picture books about some guitarists and guitar makers who have helped shape the course of history. -
Classical 101The emotional grit and cutting-edge choreography, music and video art of Columbus Dance Theatre's Experiment 2: An Immersive Art Experience returns to the stage Feb. 7 and 8. -
Classical 101Children love stories about enchanted lands full of magical beings. Nothing transports us to enchanted lands quite as powerfully as music does. Here’s a list of 10 recent children’s picture books that feature diverse characters – some real, some invented – whose lives were forever changed by music’s power to bring us together, give us courage and inspire us to be our best selves. -
Classical 101For more than 40 years, the annual Twelfth Night concert of The Early Interval, Columbus’ resident early music ensemble, has reminded us that Christmas is just the beginning of the traditional season of holiday merriment. -
Classical 101Thereminist Caroline Scruggs performs a classic song on the electronic instrument she calls her “second voice" in the WOSU Performance Studio. Scruggs also shares some thoughts about the theremin's history and what she describes as the instrument's “deep humanity.” -
Classical 101Long a fixture of sci-fi film soundtracks, the theremin will sail through central Ohio this weekend when the Central Ohio Symphony and thereminist Caroline Scruggs perform the world premiere of the Concerto for Theremin and Chamber Orchestra by Linda Kernohan.
