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 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. -
Classical 101Benjamin Bagby has captivated audiences around the world with his performances of the Old English epic Beowulf. Watch Bagby's recent performance in WOSU’s Performance Studio. -
Classical 101As part of a nationwide new music commissioning program, the Central Ohio Symphony will open its 2023-24 season with the Ohio premiere of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Jennifer Higdon’s Cold Mountain Suite. -
Classical 101Artworks by Columbus artists and inspired by the Day of the Dead are on display in the exhibition Art from the Day of the Dead Festival, in the Loft Gallery of the Columbus Cultural Arts Center through Saturday, Nov. 11. -
Classical 101As the VIVO Music Festival’s ninth season unfolds through this Saturday, Sept. 9, friendship and the joy of sharing music with the Columbus community remain the most important things for the festival’s musicians. -
Classical 101Works by seven contemporary feminist artists are on display at Ohio State University's Thompson Library Gallery in an exhibition that tells the story of art and feminism at OSU in the 1960s, 70s and 80s. -
Classical 101The Delaware-based father-daughter duo of Jeremy and Ella Rosario are the authors of The ABCs of Encouragement for Girls, empowering words and colorful illustrations intended to help girls develop confidence and resilience. An exhibition of the book's original artwork is on display at the McConnell Arts Center of Worthington. -
Classical 101A new recording of Mexican piano concertos and solo piano works, Conciertos Románticos, exemplifies the rich blend of late-romantic European classical and traditional Mexican musical idioms from before the Mexican Revolution. -
Classical 101The banks of the Scioto River will be the venue for a performance of a water-inspired modern dance masterwork when the Columbus Modern Dance Company performs a unique restaging of modern dance pioneer Doris Humphrey’s Water Study. -
Classical 101As a music educator and the founder of the Columbus Cultural Orchestra, Stephen Spottswood strives to erase the divide between European classical works and the repertoire of hip-hop, soul and R&B tunes – all of which have equal footing on his orchestra’s concerts.Spotswood will lead the orchestra in Bach to Biggie – A Juneteenth Concert on Friday, June 16 at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. in the Ross Community Studio at WOSU Public Media Headquarters.
