Gift of Willis W. Bennett, Artistic Director, ARS, Judith Viggers Nordin, President, ARS, and T. Michael Miller, Office of
Historic Alexandria, July 8, 2004.
The Alexandria Recital Series was founded by Willis Bennett in 1980 and operated until 2002. The organization hosted classical
music recitals once a month from September through May at the Lyceum. These recitals were free to the public and featured
developing as well as established musicians who performed for a small fee.
The organization operated on donations, grants from the Alexandria Commission for the Arts, and money collected from benefit
performances that were held once per year.
The collection includes scrapbooks and papers of the society containing various materials such as programs from the recitals,
promotional materials for the musicians, newspaper articles, photographs, letters, administrative records, and grant applications.