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 101It's always a good time in the Classical 101 studios — but it was an especially good time recently when things here got a little jazzy.Actually, more than… -
Classical 101Leonard Bernstein was there at the beginning of Yo-Yo Ma's career. And in a special way, Yo-Yo Ma was there at the end of Bernstein's life.In 1962,… -
Classical 101Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the U.S. Supreme Court Justice. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the mother and mother-in-law. Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the music lover. And, thanks… -
Classical 101The year is 1941. War is raging in Europe.Here on the home front, Leonard Bernstein is 23 years old, a student at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music… -
Classical 101For more than a decade, Leonard Bernstein brought young people to classical music through his televised Young People's Concerts with the New York… -
Classical 101There's Leonard Bernstein, the composer of all that splashy, jazzy music for West Side Story. There’s Leonard Bernstein, the showy — some might say… -
Classical 101He was pivotal in reviving the American musical genre of ragtime. He has composed music in a range of styles that all but erases the lines between art… -
Classical 101Columbus is becoming a hotbed of new music activity, and flutist Lindsey Goodman is right in the thick of it.A committed champion of new music, Goodman… -
Classical 101At 100 years old this year, Upper Arlington is a vibrant community of historic homes, impressive schools and enticing shops and restaurants.As part of the… -
Classical 101History, that capricious dispenser of fate, remembers some people well, others not so well and still others not at all. The same is true for musical works…
