Ten percent of all proceeds from the concerts will benefit the Soper-Reese Community Theater Fund which is in the process of converting the old single-screen movie theater in Lakeport into a state-of-the-art performing arts center.

As with the first, highly successful Tallman concert season in 2007, the series will bring some of Northern California’s finest musical talent to this delightful and intimate Lake County venue.

Guests will enjoy a champagne reception with the musicians in the parlor of the hotel beginning at 5:30 p.m. followed by a three course dinner featuring Lake County wines.

This will be followed by an informal concert and dialogue with the musicians beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the charming Riffe’s Meeting House next door to the Hotel.

On March 20 Chris Alexander on piano and violinist David Reffkin will present a lighthearted and upbeat evening of turn-of-the-last-century ragtime music.

A graduate of the New England Conservatory of Music, David is the dean of the San Francisco ragtime scene. He appears on numerous recordings either as soloist or ensemble member and was a founder and co-director of the Scott Joplin Ragtime Festival. Since 1981, David has been the host of “The Ragtime Machine,” a weekly radio program on KUSF-FM in San Francisco.

The cost for individual concerts with dinner is $80, or $350 for the entire series. Tickets for the concerts only can be obtained for $35. The Hotel also has a special package of hotel room plus two concert and dinner tickets for $275.