Romain-Octave Pelletier I

He notably officiated the marriage license of violinist Frantz Jehin-Prume, whom he accompanied numerous times in recital, and mezzo-soprano Rosita del Vecchio in 1866.

During that time he studied under George Cooper, William Thomas Best, and John Baptiste Calkin in London, Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens in Brussels, and with pianist Antoine François Marmontel and organist Louis Lebel in Paris.

He served as interim president of the Académie de musique du Québec on several occasions (1884-5, 1894–5, 1902–4, 1909–10, and 1915–16) in addition to teaching at a number of religious schools in Montreal.

[1] In 1904 Pelletier became one of the original music faculty members at McGill University, where he taught piano up into the latter years of his life.

Among his many notable students during his long career are: Alcibiade Béique, Albertine Caron-Legris, Victoria Cartier, Claude Champagne, Édouard Clarke, Alexandre-M.