Yarmouth, Maine native Conor Cook studied music theory and composition with Drs. Timothy Mahr and Justin Merritt at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. He also studied trumpet in college with Dr. Martin Hodel after taking lessons in high school with the late Dan Osterback, and he plays in the St. Olaf Band and sings with the St. Olaf Cantorei choir and Early Music Singers. Conor aspires to write music for motion pictures, and next Fall he plans either to continue his composition studies at graduate school or to take a few years to play trumpet with and compose/arrange for a US Army regional band.