LAKEPORT, Calif. – At 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2, the Rothstein Ensemble opens the Christmas season on stage at the Soper Reese Theatre with a unique concert encompassing the silly, sentimental, sacred and serious.

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 8 and was the 2007 award winner for music theory and composition at Azusa Pacific University.

Currently the Rothsteins are music directors at a large church in the Sacramento region.

Joining Matt and Jill Rothstein on stage are Lake County’s own master musician, Tom Aiken on piano and organ, as well as Dan Meyer, vocals; Raj Sodhi, bass; Jacob Turner, guitar and tuba; and Randy Wimer, percussion.

Tickets are on sale now: $15 adults; $10 for children 18 and under. All seats are reserved. Doors open at 6:30 p.m.

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, 1265 S. Main, Lakeport, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

For more information call 707-263-0577.