Where I’ve performed:
March 2020
Thu. 5th, 8pm: Poetry reading at Green Kill in Kingston featuring authors in the CAPS 2020 Anthology, including TG.
February 2020
Sat. 8th, 6-8pm: Opening of the CAPS Ekphrasis exhibition at The Roost in New Paltz which includes some of my poetry. The show runs from Feb. 7 to March 1, and I’ll be among the readers at the opening.
Sun. 23rd, 4:30 – 7 pm at the Rosendale Cafe: back at the Celtic Cafe with Sarah Underhill on vocals and Ian Worpole on strings and vocals.
January 2020
Sat. 18th at 7pm: CANCELLED — SNOW — The Princes of Serendip’s annual performance at Live at the Library, along with Amy Fradon. Admission free.
Sun. 26th, 4:30 – 7 pm at the Rosendale Cafe: back at the Celtic Cafe with Sarah Underhill on vocals and Ian Worpole on strings and vocals.
December 2019
Sun. 22nd, 4:30 – 7 pm at the Rosendale Cafe: Celtic Cafe with Sarah Underhill on vocals and Ian Worpole on strings and vocals with special guest fiddler T.G.Vanini. Celebrate the Winter Solstice and festive holidays of every stripe with traditional and contemporary Celtic / Americana songs,carols and tunes, and of course Ian’s reading of A Child’s Christmas in Wales, an annual tradition at the cafe. Requests and chorus singing welcome; meet up with friends old and new for a special Celtic Cafe now in its thirteenth year.
November 2019
Thu. 14th at 7: T. G. Vanini will be a featured poet at WOMPS (Word of Mouth Poetry Series) at ArtBar on Broadway in Kingston. Open mic follows; $3.
Sun. 24th, 4:30 – 7 pm at the Rosendale Cafe: Sarah Underhill, Ian Worpole & special guest fiddler T.G.Vanini will be playing tunes & singing songs of the season (mostly about the weather). It’s a great atmosphere, lots of choruses to be sung, draft beers,wines&veggie foods.
September 2019
Wed. 4th at 7:30pm: T. G. Vanini will be among the Post Traumatic Press poets reading and also among the musicians performing in Radio-Active: Poems and Songs of Witness and Protest at the Catskill Lit Writing Festival and Retreat at the Ashokan Center.
August 2019
Sat. 10th: The Princes of Serendip will perform at the Roots Up! Festival, 2-7pm at the High Falls Cafe. We’re on at 3pm.
Fri. 16th at 8pm: Rhinecliff Library’s free Morton Acoustic series including The Princes Of Serendip.
Sat. 17th: The Princes of Serendip perform at around 1pm as part of the free Woodstock 50 Concert at Colony Woodstock, which runs from 11am to 7pm on the 17th and 18th.
July 2019
Fri. 12th at 7:30pm: on violin at Carole White‘s CD release concert at the Beverly Lounge in Kingston.
Sat. 13th at 2pm: Featured (along with other Post Traumatic Press authors) at Woodstock Poetry Society, upstairs at The Golden Notebook.
May 2019
Sun. 19th at 4pm: The Princes of Serendip celebrate the release of their new album “Yumpatiddly Bee: Silly Songs” with a concert of their silly, sentimental, strange and story songs. Joining T. G. and Julie will be George Quinn, Julie Last, Mikhail Horowitz, and Jude Roberts. Admission $10 or what you can, free for kids. CDs and downloads will be on sale at silly prices. Mountain View Studio, 20 Mountain View Avenue, Woodstock, NY.
April 2019
Sat. 6th at 5pm: Woodstock Library Forum, Woodstock, NY: “To Reach a Hand Through Time” — T. G. Vanini will read poems from his recently published book “Dear Cloudface” and a few selections from his favorite 19th century poets, and will be joined by the other Prince of Serendip, Julie Parisi Kirby, to explore the boundaries of poetry and song. Free.
March 2019
Sat. 16th: Calling All Poets CAPS@20 Marathon — poetry from 1 to 11pm. I’ll be reading some time between 6 and 7pm. The Roost, 69 Main St, New Paltz, NY.
February 2019
Sat. 16th at 7pm: Live at the Library, Woodstock Library, Woodstock, NY: The Princes Of Serendip will make our annual appearance at this series, along with Mikhail Horowitz and Gilles Malkine. Free — donations for Friends of the Library accepted.
January 2019
Sat. 12th at 2pm: I’ll be featured at the Woodstock Poetry Society, upstairs at The Golden Notebook.
December 2018
Sun. 2nd, 4:00 – 5:00 pm: Post Traumatic Press presents a celebration of T. G. Vanini’s new book Dear Cloudface, illustrated by Carol Zaloom. Woodstock Town Hall. The author and illustrator will be on hand to sign copies, and T. G. will give a short performance with the aid of Julie Parisi Kirby.
October 2018
Fri. 19th at 8pm: Princes of Serendip will be among the performers at the Rhinecliff Library’s Morton Acoustic series.
Sat. 20th at 7pm: Charles Lyonhart at Live At The Library, Woodstock Library, backed up by T. G. Vanini and George Quinn.
April 2018
Sun. 22nd at 2pm: Princes of Serendip featured at Hyde Park Library Open Mic, Hyde Park, NY.
December 2017
Sat. 2nd at 7:30pm: Princes of Serendip at St. Gregory’s A-Frame Church, 2578 Route 212, Woodstock, NY. The Princes’ first public appearance in a while, for an evening of sentimental songs, silly songs, strange songs, and story songs. $10 cover.
Fri. 15th at 8pm: Princes of Serendip will be among the performers at the Rhinecliff Library’s Morton Acoustic series.
Sat. 16th at 8pm: I’ll be on violin with the Charles Lyonhart Band at Harmony, Woodstock.
June 2017
Fri. 9th at 8pm: Princes of Serendip at the Friends of Fiddler’s Green Annual Fundraising Concert, Hyde Park United Methodist Church, Hyde Park, N.Y.
Sat. 10th at 5pm: with Julie Parisi Kirby at Woodstock Library Forum, Woodstock, NY.
April 2017
Sat. 15th: Princes of Serendip at Morton’s Acoustic Show, Morton Library, Rhinecliff, NY.
January 2017
Sat. 14th: Princes of Serendip CD Release Concert at the Kleinert-James Arts Center, Woodstock, NY. This is where and when we’ll release our new album Seed-Maid: Sentimental Songs. Snow date: the 15th.
May 2016
Fri. 20th at 8pm: The Princes Of Serendip will be part of Morton’s Acoustic series at the Rhinecliff Library. Free — donations to the library accepted.
April 2016
Sat. 30th at 7pm: Live at the Library, Woodstock Library, Woodstock, NY: The Princes Of Serendip will be there with Abby Newton and friends. Free — donations for Friends of the Library accepted.
February 2016
Sat. 20th at 7pm: Live at the Library, Woodstock Library, Woodstock, NY: The Princes Of Serendip, and Mikhail Horowitz and Gilles Malkine. Free — donations for Friends of the Library accepted.
November 2015
Fri. 6th at 7pm: CD Release Concert for Julie Parisi Kirby’s “In Her Dream”. Kleinert-James Arts Center, Woodstock, NY. $10.
August 2015
Tue. 11th at 8pm: The Princes Of Serendip will be among the performers at the Rosendale Cafe’s Singer-Songwriter Night.
March 2015
Tue. 17th at 7:30pm: Spatter The Mud does St. Patrick’s Day at New World Home Cooking. I’ll be on fiddle. Reservations recommended.
Sat. 21st at 7pm: The Princes Of Serendip in Live At The Library at Woodstock Public Library. The other performers will be Mikhail Horowitz and Gilles Malkine. Free, donations for the library encouraged.
February 2015
Fri. 2oth at 7:30pm: The Princes Of Serendip in The Morton Acoustic Show at the Morton Library, Rhinecliff, NY. Free, donations for the library encouraged.
December 2014
Sun. 14th: The Princes of Serendip will be part of a benefit for Flying Cat Productions at Phoenicia Train Station.
November 2014
Sun. 23rd at 5pm: The Princes of Serendip at the Country Inn, Krumville, NY.
October 2014
Sat. 18th at 7:30pm: The Princes of Serendip, with special guest Dean Jones on trombone, will perform my half-hour song “You With the Lonely Eyes” as part of this event, in which I’ll also be playing violin in Kevin Becker’s “Legend of Rip Van Winkle”:
The Poughkeepsie Chapter of the Hudson Valley Folk Guild will have a special concert Saturday, October 18, 2014 at 7:30 p.m at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Poughkeepsie, 67 South Randolph Avenue, Poughkeepsie, NY.
Our Annual “Beyond a Simple Folk Song” concert with music presented by Helen Avakian, Princes of Serendip, Ben & Valerie Turner, and Kevin Becker
August 2014
Fri. 19th at 8pm: The Princes Of Serendip will be part of the Morton Acoustic show at the Rhinecliff Library. Free, donations requested.
March 2014
Sat. 15th at 7pm: Live at the Library at the Woodstock Library presents The Princes of Serendip and Mikhail Horowitz & Gilles Malkine. Free, donations requested.
Mon. 17th at 7:30pm: Spatter The Mud does St. Patrick’s Day at New World Home Cooking. I’ll be on fiddle. Reservations recommended.
Fri. 21st at 8pm: Spatter the Mud at Rhinecliff Library’s Morton Acoustic series. Free.
Sun. 23rd at 5pm: The Princes of Serendip at the Country Inn, Krumville, NY.
October 2013
Saturday 19th at 7pm: Live at the Library acoustic concert series opens its sixth season with Charity Valk, The Princes of Serendip and Not the Beatles (Bruce Milner & Luke Hunsberger). The show starts at 7pm at the Woodstock Library. Admission is free. Please come out and support live music and your Library!
September 2013
Sunday 29th at 7pm: The Princes Of Serendip return to the lovely Colony Cafe in Woodstock, NY. Cover $10.
August 2013
Sat. August 17 at 8pm: I’ll be part of Fran Palmieri’s Lincoln Project in the Hudson Valley Folk Guild’s “Beyond a Simple Folk Song” at First United Methodist Church in Highland, NY.
Thu. August 22nd at 7pm: The Princes Of Serendip will perform at High Falls Cafe Acoustic Thursdays.
June 2013
Sat. 8th at 7pm: The Princes Of Serendip will be part of Catskill Cabaradio — join us live, free, at the Pine Hill Community Center, or listen to the simulcast on line (www.catskillradio.org) or on WIOX 91.3 FM, Roxbury NY.
Sat. 15th, 3-6pm: The princes of Serendip will be part of the Second Septendecimal Cicada Celebration. To mark the return of the 17-Year Cicadas, an outdoor concert will feature performances by Pauline Oliveros, Ione, David Rothenberg and musicians, Mikhail Horowitz and Gilles Malkine, Tony Levin, The Princes of Serendip, Ryan Ross Smith & Torben Pastore, naturalist Spider Barbour, Leaf Miller, and others. Located in beautiful Rotary Park along the Hudson River near Kingston Point Beach in Kingston, NY.
February 2013
Sat. 16th at 7pm: The Princes Of Serendip will perform at Live At The Library at Woodstock Library, along with Mikhail Horowitz and Gilles Malkine. Free.
December 2012
Monday 17th at 8pm: featured poet at Harmony in Woodstock. Open mic too.
Friday 21st at 8pm: The Princes Of Serendip are one of the acts at Rhinecliff Library’s Morton’s Acoustic Show.
September 2012
Monday 17th at 8pm: with Charles Lyonhart‘s Junkyard Angels at Helsinki Hudson. No cover.
Saturday 29th at 2pm: The Princes Of Serendip at Woodstock’s Celebrate Comeau Day on the Comeau Property.
June 2012
Saturday 2nd at 5pm: Laurence Kirby’s short documentary film “Plimpton 322: The Ancient Roots of Modern Mathematics”, with music by T. G. Vanini, will be shown and discussed at the Woodstock Library Forum. Kirby and Vanini will both be there.
Thursday 7th at 7pm: The Princes Of Serendip at Acoustic Thursday at High Falls Cafe, High Falls, NY. Also appearing: Sean Crimmins, Buzz Turner.
Saturday 23rd, 5-6:30pm: The Princes Of Serendip CD release celebration for SERENDIP ORCHESTRA. Since the Serendip Orchestra can’t be convened in the real world, the Princes promise to perform, as a bonus to their friends and suppporters, a selection of songs which aren’t on the album. Colony Cafe, Rock City Road, Woodstock, NY. Free. Refreshments.
May 2012
Sunday 13th at 7:30: with One Sky at Harmony in Woodstock.
Saturday 19th at 2pm: with Mighty Xee at a book-signing for her new book “The Silly Book of Divorce” at Barnes and Noble in Kingston.
Saturday 19th at 7pm: Celtic and eclectic folk music with Spatter the Mud at Woodstock Library. Special guest Sonia Malkine!
April 2012
Saturday 28th at 7:30pm: with The Princes of Serendip at the Colony Cafe in Woodstock.
March 2012
Saturday 17th at 7:30pm: St Patrick’s Day with Spatter the Mud at New World Home Cooking.
Sunday 25th, 2-6pm: with The Princes of Serendip and One Sky in a benefit for the Haitian People’s Support Project and Clearwater at Harmony in Woodstock.
February 2012
Saturday 4th, 6-10pm: with Spatter the Mud and One Sky at a benefit for Gavin and Margaret Owen at Arts Upstairs in Phoenicia, NY.
Saturday 11th at 7:30pm: with The Princes of Serendip at John Street Jam in Saugerties, where I’ll also be taking part in Fran Palmieri’s “Lincoln Project”.
January 2012
Saturday 7th: Benefit for the John Herald Fund at Harmony in Woodstock, including The Princes of Serendip and Charles Lyonhart’s Junkyard Angels
Saturday 21st at 7pm: with The Princes of Serendip Live at the Library (Woodstock Library), along with some other fine musicians. We’ll perform a special extended piece, which we’ve rarely performed, to commemorate the 8oth anniversary of a pivotal event in the history of El Salvador.
October 2011
Friday 7th at 8pm: with Charles Lyonhart’s Junkyard Angels at Harmony in Woodstock.
Saturday 15th at 7pm: with The Princes of Serendip and One Sky Live at the Library (Woodstock Library)
September 2011
Friday 2nd at 7pm: TG at Phoenicia Phirst Phriday.
Saturday 3rd at 3:45pm: with Charles Lyonhart’s Junkyard Angels on Woodstock’s Village Green.
July 2011
Sunday 17th at 7:30: with The Princes of Serendip and One Sky at Harmony in Woodstock
Saturday 30th: at Woodstock Library Fair with The Princes of Serendip (11:40am) and Charles Lyonhart’s Junkyard Angels (12:35pm).
May 2011
Saturday 21st at 7pm: The Princes of Serendip Live at the Library (Woodstock Library)
Saturday 21st at around 10pm: In a benefit for the John Herald Fund at Harmony in Woodstock, I’ll be playing in Charles Lyonhart’s Junkyard Angels. The Princes of Serendip will also do a short set.
March 2011
Sunday 6th at 7:30pm: with One Sky at Harmony in Woodstock
Friday 11th at 10pm: with One Sky at the Woodstock Goddess Festival (I’ll be the token atheist) at Backstage Studio Productions in Kingston, NY: a benefit for Ulster County Battered Women’s Shelter
Thursday 17th at 7:30pm: St Patrick’s Day with Spatter the Mud at New World Home Cooking
Saturday 19th at 7pm: Celtic music with Spatter the Mud at Woodstock Library
Friday 25th at 11:40am: World premiere of the short documentary “Plimpton 322: The Ancient Roots of Modern Mathematics” featuring music by T. G. Vanini, at the Baruch College Technology Conference
Saturday 26th at 7pm: with Spatter the Mud in a benefit for Woodstock Volunteers’ Day at The Colony Cafe in Woodstock
Sunday 27th at 2pm: with The Princes of Serendip and One Sky in a benefit for the Haitian people’s Support Project at Harmony in Woodstock
