Brocks Biog

Born in Brisbane in 1978, Brock began his study of the Bassoon at age 13. In 1994 he joined the QLD Conservatorium Music School before beginning his undergraduate studies there in 1997.

 

Brock has appeared with The Queensland Orchestra, the Tasmanian Symphony, Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra, Sydney Symphony and more recently the Australian Chamber Orchestra. In 2004, Brock won the position of Principal Contrabassoonist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Based outside Melbourne in Mount Macedon, Brock teaches Bassoon and Contrabassoon at the Australian National Academy of Music and at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.

 

Brock has been working to improve the profile of the Contrabassoon premiering new music, arranging chamber music and hosting workshops for composers to learn more about the “Contra”. In July 2007, Brock gave the Australian premiere of Gunther Schuller’s Concerto for Contrabassoon with The Queensland Orchestra.