Looking for something out of the ordinary yet with toe-tapping melodies?

The Queen’s Cartoonists bring all that and more to Miller Symphony Hall’s “Live OnStage Series” at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 29. The ensemble features video projections, vocal numbers, comedy, and up-tempo swing arrangements.

The Cartoonists, founded by pianist and composer Joel Pierson, played their first gig in March 2015. The group’s name comes from the fact that all the original members live in Queens. Now, alas, the bass player resides in Brooklyn.

The Queen’s Cartoonists are a jazz band specializing in music from cartoons. The music runs the gamut from lightning-fast swing arrangements to synced video projections, vocal numbers, and comedy.

Be prepared for music from classic Warner Brothers cartoons, early Disney films, cult cartoon classics, and modern animation. Featured composers include Raymond Scott, Carl Stalling, Danny Elfman, Alf Clausen, John Williams, and adaptations of classical favorites.

Says Pierson, “I started with transcriptions from Raymond Scott recordings, used by Warner Brothers in Bugs Bunny cartoons and many others. Scott would quote classical music and smash melodies together. The music was fast, manic, with crazy lines.”

Pierson found the charts and did transcriptions from recordings, as well. He says the group’s repertoire consists of “cartoons, film music, lots of classical music all fused together with a little wiggle room for occasional solos.”

He notes that all the group members play a lot of jazz in other settings and the music of the Cartoonists gives them “for a change something that doesn’t have that much improvisation. The music harkens back to the bands of the 1930s and ‘40s.”

Pierson continues, “Contemporary jazz is so inward-looking. Sometimes, you’re in a club and you look around. It’s like there’s some Japanese tourists and some jazz students. That’s all.

“My philosophy is be silly with the music and people will enjoy it if the music is at a high-level. The titans of jazz wanted to play to an audience.”

Pierson has created 50 or 60 arrangements for his group. “They tend to be short and fast. All the arrangements tend to be 2-1/2 to 3 minutes long,” he says. In addition to cartoon music, the group plays music from films, “The Muppets” and other sources.

The show includes more than music. “I talk about the cartoons, when did it come out, what’s it about,” says Pierson.

The spoken interludes not only inform the audience, they give the musicians much-needed rest periods. “The music is so hard for the horn players. They need 30 seconds or a minute between every one or they burn out,” Pierson says.

After Miller Symphony Hall, The Queen’s Cartoonists’ tour takes them to venues in New York City, Oregon, Wyoming, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin.

Pierson’s compositions have been performed all over the world, including a premiere by the Kronos Quartet and a piece featured in the 2013 film “The Internship.” He’s performed with diverse artists, including jazzers Chris Potter and John Scofield, pop legends such as Frankie Avalon, Wayne Newton, and The Animals, and contemporary pop artists such as Ke$ha and Linkin Park, among others.

The group’s Bulgarian-born drummer Rossen Nedelchev has extensive experience in a variety of styles from jazz, R&B, funk, to pop and electronic. He’s the leader of the jazz band Alter View and has performed and recorded widely.

Saxophonist and woodwindist Drew Pitcher attended the University of North Texas and performed and recorded with the One O’Clock Lab Band. He’s conversant in many styles of music, having performed with rock artists such as the Coasters and the Drifters, as well as with regional bands in his native Grand Rapids, Mich., area.

Trumpeter Greg Hammontree received a Masters in Jazz Performance from CUNY, Queens College. He’s played venues such as Radio City Music Hall, Symphony Space, and Studio 54, as well as for ABC, CBS, and PBS programs.

Australian native saxophonist Mark Phillips received a Bachelor of Music in performance from the University of Melbourne. He has performed with Gavin Degraw, Olivia Newton-John and Vertical Horizon, as well as at numerous jazz venues.

Bassist Larry Cook, originally from Columbus Ohio, is the lone Brooklyn resident. Besides playing jazz bass, Cook performs as a vocalist and will sing as part of the upcoming performance. He’s also a sought-after bluegrass bass player.

Tickets: Miller Symphony Hall Box Office, 23 N. Sixth St., Allentown; millersymphonyhall.org; 610-432-6715