Hundreds of musical casualties can now be added to the torched buildings and buses brought about by the recent riots in London. According to a report in The Guardian, a fire in the South London borough of Croydon has destroyed flutist Carla Rees' apartment and with it, her entire instrument collection and a music library containing some 600 one-of-a-kind scores of works composed for her and her contemporary music ensemble, rarescale. The flutist, who lost two cats in the blaze, says she feels lucky to be alive. Read More: Flautist Carla Rees loses instruments in Croydon riot fire (The Guardian)
Jennifer 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.