Texas Toot, Inc.
(formerly known as The Texas Early Music Festival)

Who We Are

The Texas Toot is a Texas-based non-profit devoted to early music education and performance, presenting two workshops each year. The Fall Texas Toot is a short weekend workshop with instruction in recorders, viols, early reeds, harp, lute, voice, and more. The Summer Texas Toot offers a one-week program of classes at all levels, focusing on Renaissance and Baroque music, but with offerings for Medieval and 21st century enthusiasts as well. Expert instructors in recorder, viol, early reeds, lute, harp, and voice will tend to young professionals, seasoned amateurs, and eager beginners with equal care. The Toot also sponsors or supports other events, including the Renaissance Polyphony Weekend.

Support the Texas Toot:
Make an online donation to the Texas Toot through the good offices of GuideStar and NetworkForGood. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law, and you will receive a receipt for tax purposes.

Please join us for the 2010 Summer Toot! We're back in Austin, at the beautiful new campus of Concordia University, and as always, we'll have outstanding faculty members teaching recorder, viol, reeds, lute, harp, and other instruments, as well as continuo and voice.

Just to pique your interest, here is an album of pictures from the 2009 Summer Toot, also held at Concordia. Thanks to Jim Garrison for the beautiful photos!

More information on the 2010 Summer Toot is at your fingertips! just click on the Summer Toot link on the left. Registration forms and class selection for the 2010 Summer Toot will be posted in March 2010.

Please make plans now to join us for the 2010 Fall Toot, with an excellent lineup of all-star faculty, including some brand-new faces! The Fall Toot will be held once again at Lakeview Methodist Conference Center near Palestine, Texas. As always, it's the weekend before Thanksgiving — Nov 19-21, 2010.

Once again! Bring-a-Friend tuition discount — invite a first-time participant to come to the Fall Toot, and get a 20% discount on your tuition! Or bring back a former Tooter who's been gone 5 or more years, and get a 10% discount. Share the fun, and save! -- so be sure to get your reservations and deposits in as soon as possible.

Full faculty bios, as well as pricing information and other details, can be seen (when available, around September) by clicking on the Fall Toot link on the left.

For complete details about the workshop, see the brochure.

If you have questions about the Polyphony Weekend, please e-mail us: polyphony@toot.org