Christopher Cook received the Doctor of Music degree from Indiana University where he served as a member of the composition faculty and assistant director of the Center for Electronic and Computer Music. He has recieved awards and honors from the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University, the National Endowment for the Arts, ASCAP, the Society for Electro-acoustic Music in the United States, MTNA, and the National Assembly of Local Arts Agencies. He served as Composer-in-Residence for the city of Somerset, Pennsylvania and the Monroe County Community Schools Corporation (Indiana). While a guest composer, his works were featured at Amherst College and the University of Evansville. He currently teaches composition and music technology at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia.
His compositions are widely performed in university and festival settings, including June in Buffalo, Music of Our Time, the Indiana State University Contemporary Music Festival, The Society of Composers Inc. National Conference, Annual American Music Week (Sofia, Bulgaria), and the Utrecht Music Festival (The Netherlands). His Electro-acoustic works have been presented at conferences and festivals including the International Computer Music Conference, Society for Electro-acoustic Music in the United States, Florida Electro-acoustic Music Festival, Electronic Music Midwest, and the InterMedia Manifold TechArt exhibit.