▁Page ant ▁of ▁Columbia ▁and ▁S . S . ▁The odore ▁Ro ose vel t . ▁He ▁published ▁his ▁Cour se ▁in ▁Band ▁and ▁Orchestra ▁Direct ing ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 6 . ▁V ander Cook ▁studied ▁cor net ▁with ▁Frank ▁Hol ton ▁and ▁A . F . ▁W eld on . ▁He ▁founded ▁V ander Cook ▁College ▁of ▁Music ▁( origin ally ▁called ▁V ander Cook ▁Cor net ▁School ) ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 9 . ▁V ander Cook ▁composed ▁scores ▁of ▁student - level ▁solo ▁works ▁for ▁the ▁cor net ▁and ▁other ▁br ass ▁instruments , ▁often ▁grouped ▁into ▁top ical ▁sets ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁Trump et ▁Stars ▁( Ar ct urus , ▁Or ion , ▁V ega , ▁etc .), ▁birds ▁( The ▁War b ler , ▁The ▁Star ling , ▁The ▁M ead ow l ark , ▁etc .) ▁and ▁flowers ▁( Col umb ine , ▁Pe ony , ▁Ch rys anth em um , ▁etc .). ▁ ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁sol os ▁were ▁included ▁in ▁the ▁curr icul um ▁of ▁his ▁mail ▁order ▁cor net ▁course , ▁and ▁he ▁wrote ▁detailed ▁ped agog ical ▁narr atives ▁that ▁accomp any ▁each ▁work . ▁Many ▁of ▁his ▁cor net ▁sol os ▁are ▁still ▁in ▁print , ▁and ▁extensive ▁arch ival ▁material ▁by ▁V ander Cook ▁can ▁be ▁found ▁at ▁the ▁Ru ppel ▁Library ▁at ▁V ander Cook ▁College ▁of ▁Music ▁in ▁Chicago . ▁ ▁V ander Cook ▁also ▁published ▁his ▁Method ▁for ▁Cor net ▁in ▁ 2 0