“Connecting The Dots” is not just a simple collection of songs. It is also an inspirational anthology of nine stories, all with a unique female character at their centre. The album waives together narratives of hardship, vulnerability, resoluteness and redemption to paint an uplifting picture of resilience and hope. With all lyrics by Ilaria Crociani, this intensely coloured repertoire derives from the juxtaposition of Ilaria’s compositional style to the pens of her longtime collaborators Mirko Guerrini and Niko Schäuble and the inimitable and sophisticated voices of Paul Grabowsky, Geoff Hughes and Ben Robertson.
Ilaria has worked with artists such as Tony Gould A.M, John Griffith A.O, James Sherlock, Nick Haywood and Ben Robertson and managed jazz quintet Radiosuccessi. Since 2018, she has been the soloist singer of Exstasy Morricone, a septet showcasing a monographic collection of psychedelic compositions authored in the ‘70s by Ennio Morricone. A semi-finalist with one of her original compositions in the 2020 International Songwriting Competition (USA), Ilaria is a recipient of the “2021 ABC Classic and Jazz Composer Commissioning Fund.
Do not miss this extraordinary performance.
Doors 6.30pm, band on stage at 7.30pm.
Monash University Performing Arts Centres, The Count's: The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts, 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton VIC, Clayton, 3800, View Map