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

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We hope you will join us for the 2023 Fall Toot, with our usual excellent lineup of all-star faculty!

Our classes include an array of introductory and technique classes, small, one-on-a-part ensembles and larger mixed vocal and instrumental groups. The size of the workshop enables us to create classes for all levels of students, from those of modest skills to advanced players and singers.

The Toot once again takes place at the beautiful Lakeview Methodist Conference Center in East Texas. See the maps and directions page to learn more about where we'll be, how to get there, and so on.

In addition to classes, there will be a faculty concert, refreshments, and more.

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

IMPORTANT COVID-19 information for all registrants:

While it is exciting to return to playing together in person, we must recognize that the Covid-19 virus is still at large in our world. For that reason, the Fall Texas Toot requires the following of all students, staff, and faculty, regarding Covid-19:

Covid test results:
All attendees, at registration, must present a negative Covid test result obtained within the 48 hours prior to the start of the workshop. A photo of the test will suffice.

Come to the Toot for a great, affordable early music workshop experience! We look forward to welcoming you to our Texas Tradition!

Our first Summer Toot at Schreiner University in Kerrville, Texas was a rousing success! We are ready to make it happen again, and hope that you will join us.

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 has a trailhead right at the university, with a lovely 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 2023 Summer Toot is at your fingertips! just click on the Summer Toot link on the left.

Fond Farewell to Renaissance Polyphony Weekend

It's been an historic run! The very first Renaissance Polyphony Weekend was in April 1991 with a Mass by Victoria. We continued for 30 years, up to when Covid shut us down, as it did so many other important parts of our lives.

Those of you who joined us in 2020 attended the last RPW weekend, though we certainly didn't know that at the time. I know we all have special memories of those years that we will continue to treasure.

We trust that each of you will continue to hold music and choral singing close to your heart.

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(The Amazon Smile program was discontinued in March 2023. Thanks to those of you who used this program to support the Texas Toot for the past 10 years!)

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.