Romain Pelletier
Romain Pelletier was a Canadian organist, choir conductor, composer, and music educator. His compositional output consists entirely of works for solo organ and motets. He was a founding member of the Société des artistes musiciens de Montréal and was a much admired teacher of counterpoint, fugue, and the organ.Life and career
Born in Montreal, Pelletier was part of a prominent musical family in Quebec. He was the son of musician Romain-Octave Pelletier I, the brother of composer and conductor Frédéric Pelletier, and the uncle of violinist Romain-Octave Pelletier II. His other brother Victor was a cellist in J.-J. Goulet's Montreal Symphony Orchestra of which he also served as music librarian.
Pelletier studied the piano and organ in his native city with Arthur Letondal and was a singing and harmony student of Achille Fortier. In 1909 he became organist/choirmaster at Saint-Léon de Westmount Church, a position he held through 1951. He taught throughout his career, both privately and at the Institut Nazareth. Among his notable students are, Gabriel Cusson, Guillaume Dupuis, Conrad Letendre, and Georges-Émile Tanguay.
