Written by international bestselling author and composer Matt Cook, Braveship is a narrated symphonic spectacular for audiences of all ages. This multimedia program of all-original orchestral music features thirteen movements, accompanied by fantastical illustrations and animations projected on screen. In a storytelling format like Peter and the Wolf or Carnival of the Animals, Braveship invites audiences on an adventure with an orphan boy who flies a magic airship to distant lands, discovering the family he never had along the journey. Braveship has been adapted as a full-length novel and is currently in production as a video game. The show premiered with the Orchestra of Southern Utah in 2022. Produced by a multi-GRAMMY-winning team at a major Disney studio, the album was released November 15, 2024 and subsequently won a Hollywood Music in Media award; the album features contributions from over 150 talented virtuosos, artists, and engineers from 20+ countries across all seven continents. Don’t miss the album’s bonus track, Cook’s classical crossover piece Fly with Me, sung by world-renowned soprano Mirusia—hailed as the “Angel of Australia.” For more information on Braveship and to view the sizzle reel, visit Braveship_Sizzle Reel.mp4. Fly with us!

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MATT COOK is a composer, economist, Los Angeles Times bestselling author, and executive film producer based in Los Angeles. He earned his bachelors and masters at Stanford University and holds a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania.

Matt is an accomplished pianist and composer for the symphony orchestra. His “lush contemporary” music has been recorded by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra and by Disney’s Skywalker Sound. His most recent work, the Braveship Suite, is an immersive orchestral piece in thirteen movements, corresponding to chapters in a novel. The live show premiered in Utah in 2022. Matt’s other works include Rose beyond the Dunes and Till We Meet Again (both mini piano concertos), La Viajera Tango, to name a few. Matt placed as a finalist for The American Prize in Composition, recipients for which are among the best composers in the United States.

Matt’s books include Sleight of Mind (2020) from MIT Press, which was named among the “Top 10 Best Philosophy of Physics Books of All Time” by Book Authority; Good Little Marauder (2020), a WWII spy novel; Sabotage (2014) from Macmillan, a top ten Los Angeles Times bestselling thriller optioned for a video game adaptation; and the entrepreneurial success books The Startup Star (2010) and Fearless (2008), the latter of which was honored by the American Authors Association with the Golden Quill Award. For his support of the military as creator of the international Mile-Long Yellow Ribbon Project, Matt was honored with the President’s Call to Service Award by President George W. Bush. For more information on Matt Cook, please visit www.visitmatt.com.