Maxwell Ostic began his bassoon studies at age 11 at the Gatineau Conservatory with professor JoAnn Simpson and has since completed his undergraduate degree at the University of Ottawa with professors Christopher Millard and Richard Hoenich. Since graduating in 2021, Maxwell has gone on to perform as acting principal bassoon with both the Saskatoon Symphony and the Winnipeg Symphony. He is an active freelancer and substitute musician in the Ottawa-Gatineau area, having performed with the Orchestre Symphonique de Gatineau, the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, and the Kingston Symphony Orchestra, and is also the principal bassoonist of the Ottawa Pops Orchestra.