“VIENNESE CELEBRATION”: Pianist Esma Pasic-Filipovic is the soloist in the Westminster Community Orchestra’s final concert of the season in the Cullen Center on the former Westminster Choir College campus May 31.

The Westminster Community Orchestra (WCO), conducted by Ruth Ochs, will present their final concert of the season on Saturday, May 31, at 7 p.m. at Hillman Hall, in the Cullen Center, on the Westminster campus, Walnut Lane. There are no tickets required; a suggested admission of $10/person cash will be collected at the door.

Titled “Viennese Celebration,” the concert will feature soloist Esma Pasic-Filipovic performing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major, a movement from Shubert’s Unfinished Symphony, an orchestration of Schubert’s “An die Musik,” and Johann Strauss Jr.’s Emperor Waltzes.

“It is an honor to perform with Esma. She is an important performer and teacher in the area, and she was a great and supportive colleague at the Conservatory,” said Ochs. “When she and I spoke about a collaboration, she recommended Beethoven’s Second Piano Concerto. No Viennese celebration would be complete without Schubert, who was born in the city, and some music of Johann Strauss Jr.” Danielle Sinclair joins the orchestra to share an orchestration of Schubert’s familiar song, ‘An die Musik.’ Ms. Sinclair is a beloved member of the Westminster Conservatory’s voice faculty.”

Pasic-Filipovic, a pianist from Bosnia and Herzegovina (the former Yugoslavia) has built a career as a soloist, chamber musician, and Radio Sarajevo recording artist. Formerly a member of the piano faculty at Westminster Conservatory of Music, Rider University, she also served as director of the Honors Music Program. She is an adjudicator for several organizations and is a member of the board of the New Jersey Music Teachers Association. She currently serves as piano department head and a member of the faculty at the Newark School of the Arts. Under her guidance, her students have won numerous competitions.

Now in her 20th season as the WCO’s music director, Ochs has led the group in performances of major orchestral and choral-orchestral works. Under her leadership, the orchestra continues to feature ensembles and soloists from the Westminster Conservatory and highlight works by local and under-represented composers. Ochs is currently a senior lecturer in the Princeton University Department of Music, where she is in her 23rd season as the conductor of the Princeton University Sinfonia.

The Westminster Community Orchestra, now in its 39th season, is a community ensemble made up of professional and gifted amateur musicians from New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Email conservatory@rider.edu for more information.