LAKEPORT, Calif. – At 7 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7, the Rothstein Experiment opens the Christmas season at the Soper Reese Theatre with a unique concert encompassing the sentimental, sacred and serious.

The Rothstein Experiment invites you to put on your ugliest Christmas sweater and join them for an intimate evening of stories and songs, many personal and original. It’s fun for the whole family.

Ensemble leaders 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.

The group is comprised of Jill Rothstein, vocals, compositions, set design; Matt Rothstein, vocals, saxophone, arrangements; Tom Aiken, piano, keyboard, melodica; Jacob Turner, guitar; Steve Baird, vocals, bass, sousaphone; and Alex Aspinall, percussion.

Tickets are now on sale at $15 for adults; $10 for children between 12 and 18; and free for under 12. Seating is open.

The Soper Reese Theatre is located at 275 S. Main St., Lakeport. Tickets are available online at www.soperreesetheatre.com; or at The Travel Center, 825 S. Main, Lakeport, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information call 707-263-0577.