(c) Manolis Mathioudakis
Kelly Thoma
Lyra with Sympathetic Strings - Contemporary Modal Music
(c) Giannis Karnikis
Kelly's lyras are made by Stelios Petrakis and Leonidas Spanos.
The design of this type of lyra was created by Ross Daly in 1991. The first one was constructed in Athens by Nikos Bras. This lyra has three playing strings (A-D-G) and 12 to 22 sympathetic strings.
Kelly Thoma has been studying the lyra with Ross Daly since 1995 and soon after started travelling with him and his group, “Labyrinth” to perform in some of the most prestigious venues and festivals around the world. She has participated in many projects with musicians from various different traditions of the world.
The term "contemporary modal music" has been created by Ross Daly and describes the sum total of contemporary compositions created today by musicians working within various modal traditions. This music is the continuation of the procedure of modal composing through a very free perspective and is not at all connected with the goal of "preserving traditions". It is the contemporary expression of the beauty of modality (phrase-orientated non-harmonic music which often employs non-tempered intervals).
NEWS:
- NEW VIDEO "CATCH THE END OF THE THREAD" watch full concert here
- New video coming up on Monday, November 2nd, 2020 at 21:15 (Greek time) "CATCH THE END OF THE THREAD" watch the trailer here
- New Video: Lychnos , Kelly Thoma Quartet
- New Song: "The Tree's Song" feat.Giorgis Manolakis
- New Album Available Now! "Ama kopasoun oi kairoi" (As the winds die down)
- NEW PIECE!!! “Armanogeianes Kontylies” with Vasilis Stavrakakis Click to listen
- Interview to Sissy Papadogianni - Cretazine
- "Contemporary Greek music loses its baggage"by Bob Shingleton
MAY
May 1-15 Tokso Quartet, FRANCE
May 3 Tokso, Brittany, FRANCE
May 4 Tokso, Vincennes fete Europe2024, FRANCE
May 10 w/ Eleonore Billy, Pauline Lerval and Jean le Floc'h @ Douarnenez, St Helene Chapel, FRANCE
May 19 Ross Daly Trio with Kelly Thoma and Zoi Papadantonaki, Antivaro theatre, Rethymno, Crete, GREECE
JUNE
June 4-16 Labyrinth Ontario, CANADA
JULY
July 21, at Labyrinth Musical Workshop with Yasamin Shahhosseini, Houdetsi, Crete, GREECE
AUGUST
27 Erotokritos , Siteia, Crete, GREECE
28 Erotokritos , Siteia, Crete, GREECE
SEPTEMBER
September 9-14 Ensemble Workshop with Eleonore Billy and Kelly Thoma, Labyrinth, Houdetsi, Crete, GREECE
September 19-23 Duet with Efrén López, PORTUGAL
Check the Concerts and Seminars Calendar !
Read her interview at "The Goddess of the Hunt"