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

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We are SOOOO excited to be planning the first in-person Summer Toot in 3 years! The last one was in 2019, and we have sorely missed seeing all of our Toot friends during that time. Zoom is wonderful, and we are grateful to Amherst Early Music for hosting online Toots — but to be in person again!!

We are especially excited to introduce our new home for the Summer Toot: the campus of Schreiner University, in Kerrville, Texas! Nestled in the beauty of the Texas Hill Country, Schreiner's campus provides all the classrooms, concert spaces, housing, and meals that you expect as part of the Toot experience. But there is much more!

Outdoor recreation opportunities abound, in this small city right on the Guadalupe River. For walkers, the 5-mile public River Trail (https://www.kerrvilletx.gov/1341/River-Trail) has a brand-new trailhead right at the university, with a newly completed beer garden! For the non-walkers among us, freely available parking lots around the campus make it easier to move from housing to dining to classrooms.

The Toot requires that all faculty, staff, and participants be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

More information on the 2022 Summer Toot is at your fingertips! just click on the Summer Toot link on the left.

Plans are underway for our first in-person Fall Toot since 2019. We don't have any details yet, but it is definitely our intention to have a great reunion of all our Fall Toot friends, faculty, and fun!

Come to the Toot for a great, affordable early music workshop experience!

We regret to inform you all that there will not be a 2022 RPW. The uncertainties caused by the still-ongoing pandemic is the primary reason, of course. It impacts our ability to secure a venue for rehearsals and presentation of the Mass. It also impacts those who would like to attend this unique workshop, but none of us wants to put self, family, or friends at potential risk.

RPW 2023? It is impossible to know at this time what the future holds, but we will keep you apprised.

If you have questions about the Polyphony Weekend, including updates on plans for future years, please e-mail us: polyphony@toot.org

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The Texas Toot is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, organized "to promote the preservation and performance of early music by amateur musicians with voice and reproductions of period instruments". Donations to the Texas Toot are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law, and you will receive a receipt for tax purposes.