Biography

Abrielle Scott is a flutist, chamber musician, and educator known for her rich sound and versatility. Fueled by curiosity and collaboration, her work spans multiple styles and disciplines. An advocate for new music, Abrielle collaborates regularly with today’s composers and has premiered several works to date. Her most recent premieres include Whitney Sheng’s “Foxfire” for alto flute (2026, University of Miami), as well as a consortium premiere of Juri Seo’s “Birds, Bees, and Electric Fish” for two flutes and two percussionists (2024, Vanderbilt University). Abrielle is flutist with the South Florida New Music Collective, a performer-composer group dedicated to performing new works primarily written by composers of the South Florida community. As an interdisciplinary artist, Abrielle often features elements of technology, literature, and visual art in her work. 

As a chamber musician, Abrielle is a member of Nashville-based flute, clarinet, percussion trio, Sono Trio, and flutist of New York based woodwind quintet, The Groovy Greens. She is a 2023 and 2024 fellow of the Bang on A Can and Imani Winds Chamber Music festivals, respectively, where she has performed in numerous outreach concerts with select chamber ensembles. 

An educator particularly interested in amplifying voices of Black and Brown musicians, Abrielle has recently collaborated with the National Flute Association and Music by Black Composers, an organization dedicated to inspiring and diversifying audiences and performers of classical music, to make reference recordings of their first volume of Beginner to Elementary level flute music. Abrielle also maintains a private studio for students of all ages and backgrounds. 

Currently based in New York City, Abrielle is pursuing a Doctorate of Musical Arts at the CUNY Graduate Center, under the tutelage of Professor Tara O’Connor. Abrielle has recently received her Master’s degree from the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music, where she was a flute studio teaching assistant and Henry Mancini Institute Orchestra Fellow. Abrielle also holds a Bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University’s Blair School of Music.