Jennifer Hambrick
Classical 101 Midday HostJennifer 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 101The globetrotting concert mandolinist Avi Avital’s most recent recording, Song of the Birds, is an innovative mashup of classical music and traditional music from around the world. -
Classical 101From paintings celebrating a Land of Plenty, to cookbooks championing political causes, two exhibitions at the Decorative Arts Center of Ohio offer tastes of America’s foodways. -
Classical 101Cheryl Dring, the public radio veteran who coordinated every aspect of Classical 101's sound and operations, died Tuesday morning after battling cancer. -
Classical 101The eleventh season of the VIVO Music Festival is underway through Aug. 31, featuring novel high-tech programming, a new take on VIVO’s signature Beer & Beethoven event and performances by world-class performers nurtured in central Ohio. -
Classical 101An exhibition chronicling efforts to preserve dances on paper is on view in Ohio State University’s Thompson Library Gallery. -
Classical 101Life Is Precious, an exhibition featuring Kirsta Niemie Benedetti's portraits of women in the Ohio Reformatory for Women, is on view at the Columbus Cultural Arts Center. -
Classical 101Solo exhibitions by Oladejo-Lawal and northeast Ohio painter Linda Hutchinson, now on view at Worthington’s McConnell Arts Center, offer uniquely colorful and musical takes on musicians, dancers and other people doing what they do as real life clicks along. -
Classical 101Kevin Olusola, beatboxer with the Grammy-winning Pentatonix is out with a debut solo album, Dawn of a Misfit, blurs the divide between classical music and hip-hop and is a testament to the joy and freedom of resisting labels. -
Classical 101The lone symphony by a composer whose film music helped define the Hollywood sound in the earliest years of sound film is now the star of a landmark recording. -
Classical 101Columbus-based Oyo Dance Company performs the world premiere of its new dance adaptation of Orff’s powerhouse cantata, Carmina Burana, May 23 and 24 at the Lincoln Theatre.
