This year’s Toot week is June 7-13, 2026. It’s later than usual, but should be just as lovely. The Summer Texas Toot offers a one-week program of classes at all levels, focusing on Renaissance and Baroque music, but also ranging from Medieval to Sephardic to 21st century. Expert instructors in recorder, viol, lute, harp, reeds, and voice will teach technique classes, coach one-on-a-part groups, and lead larger ensembles, both mixed and whole.
Registration for Summer 2026 Toot is closed now, but the class selection form is up for those who are registered.
We are proud to feature these world-class faculty for the Summer Toot:
Jennifer Carpenter and Saskia Coolen, recorder
Dan Meyers, ensemble; Danny Johnson, voice; Susan Richter, reeds
Mary Springfels, Sydney ZumMallen and Carol Deihl, viola da gamba
Therese Honey, harp; Héctor Alfonso Torres González, lute
Please join us for the 2026 Summer Texas Toot … “more than recorders”! We are very excited to welcome you to our home base: 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. The campus itself is beautifully landscaped with lots of trees and broad sidewalks, and all the public buildings are fully ADA-accessible.
But there is much more! Outdoor recreation opportunities abound, in this small city right on the Guadalupe River. For recreational walkers and runners, the 5-mile public River Trail has a trailhead right at the university, with a pub and lovely outdoor beer garden! For the non-walkers among us, freely available parking lots around the campus make it easy to move from housing to dining to classrooms.
IMPORTANT COVID-19 information for all registrants:
While it is exciting to return to playing together in person, we recognize that the Covid-19 virus is still at large in our world. Rather than requiring everyone to provide a negative COVID test from the 24 hours prior to arrival, our new protocol is:
If you’ve been exposed to COVID or have symptoms, you are required to test on the day of arrival and again mid-week.
Please bring your own test(s) if you think this will apply to you. We will have a small number of tests available for $10 each. We would very much like the Toot to be a safe and illness-free experience for everyone, so please exercise your best judgment, and consideration for others, if you find yourself feeling ill.
We look forward to welcoming you to our Texas Tradition!
Feel free to write, call, or email us if you have questions or need further information:
| Danny Johnson Attn: Texas Toot PO Box 4328 Austin TX 78765 | Phone: (512) 578-8040 Email: |