Brock Imison

Brock Imison has held the position of Principal Contrabassoon with the MSO since 2004. Born in Brisbane, Brock completed his studies at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music. Brock has appeared with the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Australian Chamber Orchestra, Opera Australia Orchestra, Orchestra Victoria, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonic, New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, The Australian World Orchestra, and the West Australian Symphony Orchestra.

In addition to this Brock performs with several historically informed ensembles including: Pinchgut Opera, the Orchestra of the Antipodes, the Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra, the Australian Haydn Ensemble, the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra, Genesis Baroque, Van Diemens Band, and the Melbourne Baroque Orchestra. To facilitate all these groups Brock has amassed a Bassoon collection of 15 instruments. Brock is a founding member of Unholy Rackett, an ensemble dedicated to performing renaissance and early baroque music on weird and wonderful double reed instruments. When not bassooning, Brock enjoys collecting rare alpine and woodland plants for his garden in Mount Macedon.