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 101If the English horn were a singer, it would be one of the great contraltos – Kathleen Ferrier, perhaps, or Marian Anderson.When an English horn sounds at… -
Classical 101Imagine, if you can, Christmas without Christmas cookies, or bright lights, or Christmas music.“Can you imagine that? Christmas without not only carols,… -
Classical 101“I think that he’s kind of like the grandfather of it all.”That’s what pianist Simone Dinnerstein says about Bach, a composer for whose music she has a… -
Classical 101There might be a few little girls in America who don't dream to dance in The Nutcracker. If so, I don't know who they are.But everyone dreams to do… -
Classical 101“I love, love, love to feed people,” Matt Swint said. “I don’t think that there’s anything cooler in the world.”That’s one reason Swint became a baker.… -
Classical 101A classical string quartet covers a Guns N’ Roses hit.Outlandish? Why, yes! But it happened right here in the Classical 101 studio yesterday afternoon,… -
Classical 101WOSU News Reporter Adora Namigadde grew up savoring the traditional foods her Ugandan family prepared – including the lightly spiced Ugandan doughnut… -
Classical 101For Columbus attorney Stephen McCoy, bread means family. And not just any bread, but the traditional Armenian braided sweetbread called choreg.And not… -
Classical 101If music be the food of love, then you'll probably need something to drink with it. That's in part why violinist Devin Copfer and cellist Elisabeth… -
Classical 101William Grant Still is best known today for his Afro-American Symphony. Still composed the work in 1930 and strove in the symphony to – in his words –…
