Founded in 1986, the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC) is Canada’s official national association for electroacoustics and as such is dedicated to promoting this progressive art form in its broadest definition: from acousmatic and computer music to soundscape and sonic art to hardware hacking and beyond.
the home of the Electroacoustic Music Studios in the Music Department at the University of Birmingham, and of BEAST–Birmingham ElectroAcoustic Sound Theatre–the Department's large scale multichannel loudspeaker presentation system.