While immediate comparisons to “The Partridge Family” might come to mind when describing the Annie Moses Band, the family connection is where the similarity begins and ends. The Annie Moses Band is the real deal, not some fictional fabrication.

The Annie Moses Band presents “The Art of the Love Song,” 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21, Rodale Community Room, Miller Symphony Hall, Allentown.

There are five siblings in the band, including Annie Wolaver, lead singer and violinist, and more family members behind the scenes.

Unlike The Partridge Family, which sang bubblegum pop music as part of a hit TV show (1970-74), the Annie Moses Band sings and plays music that bespeaks a classical music background.

“We generally define the Annie Moses Band as a classical crossover group. We take classical instruments and we place them in a commercial music setting and it combines, folk, jazz, classical into one refreshing new sound,” says Annie Wolaver in an Oct. 11 phone interview from Las Vegas where a concert was to be presented the next day.

Annie Wolaver and her siblings, Benjamin, cello, and Alex, violin, studied at Juilliard. Alex is at home in Nashville, Tenn., managing the band. On tour are siblings Camille, harp, piano, Hammond B3 organ; Gretchen, violin, mandolin, guitar. vocals, songwriter, and Jeremiah, electric guitar, vocals, songwriter.

In concert, the siblings are backed by Camile’s husband, James DaSilva, guitar, and Mario Sangermano, bass, and his son, Nathan, drums.

The Annie Moses Band, which takes its name from the siblings’ grandmother, was founded in 2001 by the siblings’ parents, Robin, and Bill Wolaver, composer, arranger, pianist and the band’s music director, who doesn’t tour with the band. An adopted sister, Zoe, 9, is also at home.

Says Annie Wolaver, “I knew that I was going to pursue music as a career from the time I was very young.

“We went to Juilliard with the intension of pursing classical careers.” The siblings enrolled in the pre-college division and transferred to the college division. “We determined that we wanted to make music that was more personal. The emphasis of classical music is reinterpreting music of the past. We wanted to make music of our own. That led us to form the Annie Moses Band.”

The band has released 12 albums, five live DVDs and performed in hundreds of venues in the United States. The Dallas Morning News stated that The Annie Moses Band has “a restless eclecticism and a stunning virtuosity.”

The group’s album, “This Glorious Christmas,” reached the Top 10 on Billboard’s Classical Crossover chart in 2008. A PBS special, “Christmas With The Annie Moses Band,” is one of the most popular telecasts in public television history.

“That just launched our group in a new way,” Annie Wolaver says of the TV special.

The band made its Carnegie Hall and Grand Ole Opry debuts in 2012. The album, “Pilgrims & Prodigals,” charted on the Billboard Bluegrass Albums chart.

In 2013, Robin Wolaver released a memoir, “The Song of Annie Moses,” which relates the story of the group’s namesake, Annie Moses, and the family’s journey from Great Depression-era Texas cotton patches to Juilliard.

The band’s most recent album, “American Rhapsody,” released in 2015, is inspired by George Gershwin’s description of his “Rhapsody in Blue” composition as an “American musical kaleidoscope.” The album includes original songs and classic American folk tunes.

“‘American Rhapsody’ ... that’s my favorite album that we’ve ever done,” says Annie Wolaver. “‘American Rhapsody’ was our attempt to explore American folk music through the lens of an American family and our story.”

The concert, “The Art Of The Love Song,” and tour, with stops in Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Oklahoma, Kentucky, Virginia and South Carolina, is inspired by a PBS telecast of the same name, filmed live at the Grand Ole Opry with the band backed by a symphony orchestra, that aired in February and March 2016.

“‘The Art of the Love Song’ as a program was based on a simple idea,” says Annie Wolaver, “and that was they don’t write love songs like they used to.

“We were inspired by the fact that we pursue love more than anything else. And in our culture, love is very cynically viewed.”

The Miller Symphony Hall concert is expected to include “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” “And I Love Her,” “You Are So Beautiful,” “Just An Old-Fashioned Love Song” and “Grow Old Along With Me,” among others.

“As a family and even as a family whose faith is very important to us, we wanted to highlight songs and messages that were representative of what love should look like in life.

“So, when somebody comes to see the Annie Moses Band in concert they will be wowed by our instrumental virtuosity, but they will also be inspired by the love of a family and the beauty of songs that represent the best of what love is about.”

On tour, there are 11 adults, plus children, including David, 5, and Vincenza, 3, the children of Annie Wolaver and her husband, Scott Dupre, sound engineer for concerts. The band has about 60 concerts in 2016 and has done as many as 100 annually.

“It’s a cool time. We enjoy each other’s company. We get to see a lot of the country. It’s a big blessing,” Annie Wolaver says.

And while the siblings parents, Robin and Bill, are at home, they are still active.

“My parents are award-winning songwriters and still very involved with the creative process of the Annie Moses Band and the Annie Moses Foundation,” says Annie Wolaver.

The Fine Arts Summer Academy, a two-week arts program for young performers, is held on the campus of Lipscomb University in Nashville.

Says Annie Wolaver, “It is a faith-based, classical education music performance program.”

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