Will Anderson thinks jazz and Christmas were made for each other. He and his twin brother Peter will prove it at Miller Symphony Hall.

Peter and Will Anderson present “A Jazzy Holiday,” 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10, Main Stage, “Jazz OnStage” series, Miller Symphony Hall, 23 N. Sixth St., Allentown.

The Anderson brothers, born and raised in Washington, D.C., moved to New York City to attend the Juilliard School. After performing in more than 40 states, they have headlined at Carnegie Hall, The Blue Note, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center and Birdland.

They appeared previously at Symphony Hall in October 2019 as the Peter and Will Anderson Trio with Adam Moezinia, guitar, and Vince Giordano, bass saxophone.

For Anderson, jazz and the holidays give a feeling of “hope, joy, excitement and an appreciation of beauty.” The Miller Symphony Hall concert includes Christmas and Hanukkah songs.

Many holiday songs and hymns have been adapted for jazz arrangements.

“Different interpretations of them over the decades have done so well. Jazz has taken the shell of songs’ melody and harmony and changed the rhythm to make them exciting and individualistic,” Will Anderson says in a phone interview from his residence in New York City.

During the “Jazz OnStage” concert, the brothers will talk about the history of the songs they play. “We gravitate toward earlier styles,” says Anderson, mentioning George Gershwin, Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong.

“A Jazzy Holiday” will have its share of fun onstage. Anderson says, “All the musicians we looked up to were also performers, and even comedians.”

The clarinet was part of the reason the Anderson twins look to earlier styles of music. Each brother started in jazz by learning the instrument. “The clarinet fell out of favor with the decline in swing and the big bands, and the louder saxophone became more popular. You hear the clarinet more in the music of the twenties, thirties and forties.”

In the “Jazz Onstage” concert, Chuck Redd plays drums and vibraphone. The brothers will play clarinet, flute and soprano, alto and baritone saxophone. Also performing are Joseph Boga, trumpet; Dalton Ridenhour, piano, and Madison Rast, acoustic bass.

The Anderson brothers played with many of their music heroes when they were young. Says Anderson, “It was terrifying. But that’s part of the game. That’s how you grow. We just kept practicing.”

Tickets: www.allentownsymphony.org; 610-432-6715