first director. Most of the conservatoire's original faculty were also teachers at the CMQM and commuted back and forth between the two schools during its early years. Originally the CMADQ was only concerned with musical education, but Pelletier felt that Quebec needed conservatoires for studies in theatre as well. He proposed the idea to the Quebec government and was met with resistance. However, he won the ear of Premier Maurice Duplessis and ultimately his influence led to the establishment of the CMADQ's first school for the theatre arts, the Conservatoire d'art dramatique du Québec à Montréal in 1954 under the directorship of Jan Doat. The establishment of the Conservatoire d'art dramatique du Québec à Québec followed four years later. The CMADQ went on to establish four more music conservatoires in 1967. The Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Trois-Rivières was originally established as a preparatory school for conservatoire bound students in 1964. It became a full-fledged conservatoire in the CMADQ network in 1967. The Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Val-d'Or opened in September 1967 and the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Gatineau was opened on 15 October 1967 followed by the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Saguenay on 16 October 1967. The last conservatoire to be added to the CMADQ, the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Rimouski, opened in 1973. Member schools The conservatoire consists of seven music schools and two theatre schools: Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Gatineau (housed in Riverview manor) Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Québec Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Rimouski Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Saguenay Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Trois-Rivières Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Val-d'Or Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Montréal Conservatoire d'art dramatique de Québec Notes External links Official Web site Schools in Quebec Music schools in Canada Educational institutions established in 1942 1942 establishments in Quebec