Ève Poudrier

Ève Poudrier is an Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the School of Music, University of British Columbia. Her research bridges music theory, cognitive psychology, and digital humanities, focusing on rhythmic complexity, polyphony, and French-Canadian folk traditions. She leads the Rhythm Research Cluster and develops computational tools like Composite for analyzing rhythmic structures.

• DEC (Collège Lionel-Groulx)
• B.A., M.A., Ph.D (CUNY)

Research areas encompass empirical aesthetics, music cognition, and computer-aided musicology. She explores how listeners process temporal multiplicity in 20th-century music and examines emotional responses to rhythmic dissonance. Her work integrates behavioral experimentation, digital corpora, and graphic linear analysis.

Recent publications span Journal of New Music Research, Empirical Musicology Review, and proceedings from the International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition. She collaborates with Craig Sapp on the Polyrhythm Project, which analyzes 725 polyphonic works from 1900-1950.