Also at the age of 11, she started choir and guitar at Oakland Homeschool Music (OHMI), and later Musical Theatre as well. Also at the age of 11, she was a part of many community theatre musicals at The Starlight Theatre, including Aladdin Jr., Beauty and the Beast Jr., Annie Jr., Alice in Wonderland Jr., The Sound of Music, Winnie the Pooh Jr., and The Little Mermaid Jr. At the age of 11, Samantha started online schooling at Michigan Connections Academy, to accommodate with her careers' schedule. At the age of 9, Samantha got her first role in a musical, The Key, where she was in the Children's Chorus.

At the age of 8 years old, Samantha had her first professional job as a Ginger in the Nutcracker Ballet at The Detroit Opera House with the Cincinnati Ballet Company.

At the age of 7 she started private vocal lessons in Classical, Musical Theatre, Pop and R&B at Debra Lamb Voice Studio where she studies with Debra Lamb.

For the past 7 years she has also trained in Irish Step Dancing at Michigan Irish Dance Academy. Samantha started training in dance at the age of 5 at American Dance Academy, in the past 11 years she has trained in Ballet, Pointe, Tap, Jazz, Lyrical, Modern, Contemporary, Musical Theatre Dance, and Hawaiian. Samantha Bowling is a Singer, Dancer, Actress, and Model from Commerce, Michigan.

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