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Project

This project aims—from an interdisciplinary perspective—to fill a large gap in research on minority Francophone community experience in British Columbia. By building bridges between research institutions, cultural organizations, artists, and Francophone schools, it seeks to foster a culture of community resilience through creative engagement with Francophone music. Research on music in socio-cultural context has shown that participatory music, that is, a musical event in which the audience takes an active part in music making, contributes to social cohesion, identity formation, and well-being. Furthermore, research has shown that music-based interventions contribute significantly to language development. This project proposes to harness innovative music technology to develop open-access, digital resources that have the potential to enhance intergenerational language transfer, music education, and community-based music making. Research activities include ethnographic research, development of music-based pedagogical interventions, and a series of workshops highlighting the ethnic diversity of Francophone musical practices (planned for 2027).

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People

Ève Poudrier

Director

I am an Associate Professor in music theory at the School of Music of the University of British Columbia, where I teach courses on compositional practice in the 18th- and 19th-century, techniques of graphic linear analysis, music psychology, Francophone music, and digital technology in music research and creation. My research has been presented at interdisciplinary conferences in North America, Europe, and the Middle East, and published in Music Perception, Empirical Musicology Review, Action, Perception & Cognition, and the Journal of New Music Research. My current projects focus on empirical aesthetics, rhythmic polyphony, and folk music of French-Canada, combining methods of close study, computer-aided musicology, and behavioural experimentation.

Craig Sapp

Technical Director

Craig Sapp is a world expert in computer-based musical analysis who develops transformative digital-humanities projects in collaboration with colleagues and students. As consulting professor at Stanford University, Sapp teaches courses in computational music theory and digital musicology. He serves as technical director of not only the Josquin Research Project, but also the NEH-funded Tasso in Music Project, and as technical lead for the Chopin Heritage in Open Access project (2016–20), the Polish Music in Open Access project (2019–22), and the Polyrhythm Project (2018–present). He served as a consultant for the Gaspar Online Edition (2021–22).

Support

This project has been generously supported by Villa I Tatti, Harvard's Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, as part of a Stanford Vice Provost and Dean of Research Propel Grant, by the Stanford Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis, and by the Stanford Center for Computer Assisted Research in the Humanities.