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 2012 Summer Texas Toot! The beautiful campus of Concordia University is once again our home. After a five year absence, we are delighted to once again welcome the Flanders Recorder Quartet as our recorder faculty!



And as always, we'll have outstanding faculty members teaching viol, reeds, lute, harp, and other instruments, as well as voice and ensembles.

More information on the 2012 Summer Toot is at your fingertips! just click on the Summer Toot link on the left. Registration forms and class selection for the 2012 Summer Toot will be posted in mid-March 2012.

If you'd like to spread the word about the Toot, here is a full-color letter-size brochure you can print and post (it's two pages, so can be double-sided).

Please make plans now to join us for the 2011 Fall Toot, with an excellent lineup of all-star faculty! 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 18-20, 2011.

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.

Online registration is now open! or print out this paper registration form, fill it out, and mail it to us. If you'd like to spread the word about the Toot, here is a letter-size flyer you can print and post. Come to the Toot for a great, affordable early music workshop experience!

For complete details about last year's workshop, see the brochure.

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