Cook has bachelor's and master's degrees in organ from BYU.
Prior to joining the BYU faculty he was an organist at Christ Church, Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and at First United Methodist Church in Lubbock, Texas.
Besides being the official player of the Bell Tower at BYU, Cook was also involved with selecting the bell used in the old Brigham Young Academy building when it was refurbished into the Provo City Library at Academy Square.
[2] His playing of the Bell Tower at BYU has been featured as part of Provo's Freedom Festival.
[3] Cook and his wife Kim live in Spanish Fork, Utah.