TY - GEN T1 - An orchestra at my fingertips : a history of the Canadian Electronic Ensemble A1 - Woloshyn, Alexa LA - English PP - Montreal ; Chicago PB - McGill-Queen's University Press YR - 2023 UL - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_on1355549110 AB - "When the Canadian Electronic Ensemble (CEE) began as a group of students at the University of Toronto in 1972, they performed with cumbersome, finicky analogue instruments and DIY logistics, never sure if everything would work as intended. Today's CEE sound comes from a sophisticated mixture of digital and analogue hardware, laptops, and acoustic instruments. Across a long and ongoing long history of tours, recordings, and performances, countless listeners have heard and appreciated the innovations at the heart of the CEE's music. An Orchestra at My Fingertips is the first detailed study of the history, music, and legacy of the CEE. Covering the ensemble since its inception and drawing on extensive interviews with group members, Alexa Woloshyn provides unique insight into the musicians that make up the group as well as analyses of the CEE's compositions, commissions, and improvisation and performance practice. Woloshyn's account traces the evolution of electronic music technology across the decades-long history of the group, paying close attention to how audiences have perceived the CEE's artistry as effortless rather than as the careful employment of technologically generated sounds. To appreciate and understand the CEE's legacies, Woloshyn presents several listening methodologies and includes numerous listening guides to engage all listeners. An Orchestra at My Fingertips speaks to the global development and transformation of live electronic music through the history of a group that has been a consistently innovative voice in Canada and beyond."-- OP - 266 CN - ML27.C3 C255 2023 SN - 0228018390 SN - 9780228018391 SN - 9780228017332 SN - 9780228017349 SN - 0228017343 SN - 0228017335 KW - Canadian Electronic Ensemble : History. KW - Electronic music : Canada : History and criticism. KW - MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Electronic. KW - Electronic music KW - Canada KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc. KW - History ER -