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 101WOSU Public Media’s Classical 101 will present a celebration of Blackness and joy in music, poetry and visual art by three Columbus artists. -
Classical 101A new musical work honoring a fallen central Ohio soldier will be premiered when the Newark-Granville Symphony Orchestra performs Home of the Brave, the first concert on its 2022-23 season. -
Classical 101Columbus native Jeffrey Myers, first violinist with the internationally acclaimed Calidore String Quartet, has been appointed artistic director of Columbus’ Sunday at Central concert series. -
Classical 101Founded as the McConnell Arts Center Chamber Orchestra, the Worthington Chamber Orchestra will, moving forward, perform as an entity separate from McConnell Arts Center. -
Classical 101A new recording of Georgetown University music professor Carlos Simon's Requiem for the Enslaved honors the enslaved people sold in the 1838 Jesuit Slave Sale. -
Classical 101Columbus tubist Tony Zilincik gives a performance in WOSU’s back stairwell – and it isn't the first time he's played on the stairs. -
Classical 101At a recent jam session on WOSU’s roof terrace, Columbus violinist and music teacher Stephen Spottswood fired up a backing track and let loose with a medley of hits by hip-hop stars Pharrell Williams, Snoop Dogg and Jay-Z. -
Classical 101What knits us to the soul of another? It’s one of the central questions of life, and it is the central question of the Philadelphia-based The Crossing choir’s recording Born: The Music of Edie Hill and Michael Gilbertson, which invites us to consider how we walk with the creatures we encounter on our path. -
Classical 101In 1943, 21-year-old Sophie Scholl was executed for her involvement in a nonviolent resistance movement against the Nazi regime. A new recording of James Kallembach's choral work Antigone: The Writings of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose Movement brings Scholl's story into contemporary conversations about the limits of a state's powers over individual freedoms. -
Classical 101A new album, Summerland, showcases world-premiere recordings of orchestral works from across composer William Grant Still’s nearly 70-year career, performed by the mother-daughter duo of violinist Zina Schiff and conductor Avlana Eisenberg with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
