Wayne Olympian Jazmine Fenlator to Reflect on Sochi at NJPAC

Team USA Olympian Jazmine Fenlator has returned home from Sochi, Russia, and the Wayne native is part of an event that will tell locals first-hand what her Olympic bobsled experience was like.

According to a release from the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Fenlator will join the NJSO for “From Sochi to Strauss”—a special post-concert session with Concertmaster Eric Wyrick on Friday at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) in Newark. The Olympian and the Orchestra concertmaster will discuss what it takes to be at the top of their respective games.

NJSO President & CEO James Roe will moderate the session, which will be held in NJPAC’s Prudential Hall lobby following the 8 p.m. concert. 

The evening’s concert features Wyrick’s annual solo appearance with the NJSO; the concertmaster performs Strauss’ Violin Concerto on a program that closes with an iconic Russian masterwork—Shostakovich’s Fifth Symphony.

“I am honored to join the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra and Concertmaster Eric Wyrick for this special session," Fenlator said in the release. 

"I have always been an admirer of the performing arts community in New Jersey, and this unique opportunity allows me to reconnect with the local arts scene. As a proud New Jersey native who was motivated by the love and support back home during the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, I look forward to discussing my perspective of being one of the top athletes in the world for Team USA.”

“I have always admired the discipline—especially the mental discipline—that top athletes on the worldwide stage exhibit,” Wyrick said. 

“There are certainly plenty of similarities between the arts and sports worlds when it comes to achieving at the highest levels. This public forum with Olympic bobsled pilot Jazmine Fenlator will be a really fun opportunity to explore those similarities.”

“From Sochi to Strauss” is free for all attendees of the NJSO’s performance at NJPAC. Concert tickets start at $20 and are available for purchase online at www.njsymphony.org or by phone at 1.800.ALLEGRO (255.3476).

The above was submitted to Patch by the NJSO.