LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Rothstein Ensemble opens the Christmas season on stage at the Soper Reese Theatre on Saturday, Dec. 1, with a unique concert encompassing the silly, sentimental, sacred and serious.

The concert will begin at 7 p.m. All ages are welcome.

Don your ugliest Christmas sweater and join the Rothstein Ensemble for an intimate evening of stories and songs, many personal and original. The group will play original compositions and jazzy pop songs.

Leaders of the group, Matt and Jill Rothstein, are accomplished musicians, arrangers, and composers. Both were raised in Lake County and the pair have been leading musical ensembles for nearly a decade.

Matt Rothstein was recognized by DownBeat Magazine and the Grammy Foundation as a prodigious talent while in high school.

Jill Rothstein began composing music at the tender age of eight and was the 2007 award winner for music theory and composition at Azusa Pacific University.

Joining the Rothsteins on stage are Lake County’s own master musician, Tom Aiken on piano, keyboards and Melodica, as well as Dan Meyer, vocals; Raj Sodhi, upright bass; Jacob Turner, guitar; and Alan U’Ren, percussion.

Tickets are on sale now; the cost is $15 for adults and $10 for children 18 and under. All seats reserved.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are available online at www.SoperReeseTheatre.com, or at The Travel Center, 1265 S. Main, Lakeport, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information call 707-263-0577.

The Soper Reese Theatre is located at 275 S. Main St., Lakeport.