This Award-winning, multi-disciplinary artist continues the steady ascent of her emerging career. Audra Scott is a Fort Worth based singer-songwriter, children’s book author, and educator. Audra holds degrees and an Artist Certificate from Prairie View A&M University, University of Arizona, and Southern Methodist University all with a concentration in vocal performance. 

After college, Audra joined the Munich-based Company, New York Harlem Theater and has been seen throughout Europe with the tour of Porgy & Bess for over ten years. She has been seen in opera houses and theaters such as, but not limited to; Oper Leipzig, Bremen Music Theatre, Kölner Philharmonie, Komische Oper Berlin, Grand Théatre de Genéve, Chassé TheatAudra Scott is a multifaceted artist whose voice, artistry, and spirit have carried her across continents and genres. Trained as a young artist with Amarillo Opera, Utah Festival Opera, and Dallas Opera, Audra has graced stages across the United States and Europe — including performances in Amsterdam (RAI), Le Colisée, Opéra de Massey, National Theatre Mannheim, and Toruń, Poland, to name a few. She has also been featured in Christmas Dreams from America, a concert series presented throughout Germany, and has performed in recitals throughout Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston, Prairie View, Arizona, Minnesota, Utah, Sweetwater, and California.

Audra's artistry has taken a beautiful turn toward jazz, where she merges her love for the genre with her classical training to present elegant, heartfelt, soul-stirring arrangements of beloved spirituals and jazz standards. She has performed personal arrangements on many notable stages, including the Denton Jazz Festival and the Jazz Series at Sammons Arts Center in Dallas alongside renowned composer and arranger Curtis Bradshaw. She has also graced the stage at the new Coppell Performing Arts Center in Coppell, Texas — and just completed her second Gospel Tour in the beautiful country of Spain.

Now, Audra Scott is stepping into an exciting new chapter that feels very much like a homecoming. Through the Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival's Dance Caller Pathways Program — a powerful initiative reconnecting Black communities to the art of traditional dance calling and its rich cultural and historical roots — Audra has discovered a natural extension of everything she has always done: move people. With her commanding stage presence, innate musicality, and deep connection to the audience, she has taken to the caller's role with both ease and intention. Though her journey in folk dance calling is just beginning, those who have experienced her in this space will tell you she carries the confidence of someone who has been doing it for years. Audra looks forward to wherever this beautiful new path leads.