Following is a list of its major programs:

1982-1987

Eight Summer workshops at Wellesley College beginning with Meantone Temperament: A New Horizon

1984

Publication of Westfield (formerly Early Keyboard Studies
Newsletter), the quarterly newsletter of the Westfield Center

1987

Ludwig van Beethoven: The Piano Music of the Middle Period, a workshop for pianists


From Scheidt to Buxtehude: German Music in the 17th Century, a scholarly conference with public concerts, in collaboration with Wellesley College. Papers from the conference were published as Church, Stage, and Studio: Music and Its Contexts in 17th-Century Germany, edited by Paul Walker, 1990.


Publication of Charles Brenton Fisk: Organ Builder, two volumes

1988

Ornamentation in Bach, a workshop for harpsichordists

Consideration of Style and Technique in Performing Works of Mozart, a workshop for pianists

1989

Organs of Bach's Era in Thuringia and Saxony, a study-tour

1990

Haydn's Piano Sonatas, conference and recitals at Smith College

1991

Organ Music in Spain's Golden Age, a workshop at Wellesley College

Mozart's Nature, Mozart's World, bicentenary humanities symposia presented in Boston and five additional sites nationwide, in collaboration with museums, colleges, and other arts and humanities organizations

1992

The Historical Organ in America, a symposium in Tempe, Arizona, in collaboration with Arizona State University and the American Organ Academy


Publication of The Historical Organ in America: A Documentary of Recent Organs Based on European & American Models

1993

Historical Organs of Mexico, a study-tour

Historical Organs of England, a study-tour

1995

Spanish Organ Music, a two-part workshop held in Tlaxcala, Mexico and Fremont, California


Historical Organs of Mexico, a study-tour


Schubert's Piano Music, symposia with public concerts in Washington, D.C., in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution

1996-2000

Festival Organ, an interactive exhibition about the pipe organ and its history, designed for the general public with a schedule of recitals, discussions, and lectures involving local instruments and artists; presented in eight locations nationwide, 1996-2000.

CHATTANOOGA, TN - Hunter Museum of Art - December 2, 1995 - January 21, 1996

DEERFIELD, MA - Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association Educational Center - May 4 - July 7, 1996

PROVO, UT - Museum of Art, Brigham Young University - August 1 - October 19, 1996

RICHMOND, VA - Science Museum of Virginia - November 23, 1996 - February 2, 1997

LOS ANGELES, CA - Fowler Museum of Cultural History, University of California at Los Angeles - March 9 - May 18, 1997

BUFFALO, NY - Buffalo & Erie County Historical Society - June 20 - September 28, 1997

BOSTON, MA - Boston Public Library - October 18 - December 31, 1997

ST. PAUL, MN - Science Museum of Minnesota - January 31 - June 7, 1998

CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA - Calgary International Organ Festival - July 3 - October 15, 1998

OLD SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA - The Gallery at Old Salem (Frank L. Horton Museum Center) - November 4, 1998 - March 14, 1999

DALLAS, TEXAS - Cathedral Guadalupe - July 1 - October 3, 1999

ROCHESTER, NEW YORK - The George Eastman House - January 22, 2000 - April 16, 2000

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - Benaroya Hall - June 1, 2000 - August 23, 2000

1997

Historical Organs of Mexico, a study-tour

1998

Tientos, Tamales & Pajaritos,a Spanish organ workshop in Oaxaca, Mexico

Organ Tour in Celebration of the 350th Anniversary of the Birth of Arp Schnitger,a study tour to historic organs in Germany and Holland

1999

Organ in the New Millenium, a symposium in Tacoma, Washington in collaboration with Pacific Lutheran University

Baroque and Romantic Organs of Spain, a study tour

Bach Organs Tour, a study tour

2000

Bach Organs of the North Tour, a study tour

2002

Cavaillé-Coll in Oberlin; A Celebration of the C.B. Fisk Organ, co-sponsored with Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

Beyond Notation: a conference on improvisation in Mozart's time: a conference for fortepianists, co-sponsored by the University of Michigan.

2004

The Organ and The Pedal Clavichord, A Case-study in Performance and Pedagogy, co-sponsored by the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York.
 
2005

The Organ as Mirror of Religion & Culture, Temperament, Sound, and Symbolism, a symposium at the new dual-temperament Pasi organ in Omaha. Co-sponsored with Saint Cecilia Cathedral and The University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
 
The Italian Baroque Organ: Context, Instruments, Repertory, Performance, co-sponsored by the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York.

2006

J. S. Bach and Central/South European Influences: a conference honoring Harald Vogel and celebrating the new Hellmuth Wolff organ of Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria, BC.

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