Selected as the principal flute, Samantha performed a repertoire of Beethoven, Emilie Mayer and Mozart for the Young Mannheim Symphonists' Intensive Concert.

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The concert followed a five-day intensive program which ran in Sydney from April 19 to 23, the program had previously taken place online due to COVID-19.

Samantha said it was wonderful to finally have the chance to play alongside other musicians.

"It was a bit tricky at first, we played in a chamber orchestra with no conductor, so we had to learn how to communicate with each other in other ways," Samantha said.

"It was hard but it wasn't as tricky as I expected."

The intensive was broken up into full orchestra rehearsals and sectionals.

Samantha said she particularly enjoyed the sectionals where she rehearsed with other wood wind instruments.

"It was really satisfying to see our communication increase, particularly between the flute and the oboe," she said.

"It transformed from two people playing at the same time to the instruments talking to each other."

The Australian Romantic and Classical Orchestra organised the intensive with a focus on training young musicians in historically informed performance.

Samantha said a highlight was learning how to bring the tone and colour of historical instruments into modern performace.

"Some of the professional musicians brought in their historical instruments which was really interesting," she said.

As a flautist, Samantha said the main differences between a modern flute and classical flute were the material and keys. With the classical made of wood with holes along the body rather than keys.

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While the intensive was held at Santa Sabina College, the final performance took place at the Hills Grammar School.

Three musicians were selected to introduce pieces, Samantha was selected to introduce the first movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 8 in F major.

Alongside Beethoven, the orchestra performed Overture No. 2 in D major by Emilie Mayer and the whole of Mozart's Paris Symphony in D major.

"Emilie Mayer's and Mozart's pieces are lesser known, Mayer's was particularly tricky," Samantha said.

"It was a really lovely performance and there was a decent audience, I think it went really well."

Samantha is currently in year 12 preparing major works for both music two and extension music.

Her dream is to study a bachelor of music specialising in performance at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music next year.

"I definitely want a career in music," Samantha said.

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