Seren Ozoglu ’21 and Alex Carpenter ’22

Alex and I met in 2019 in the UCF Symphony Orchestra. He was the cute tuba player, and I played viola. I was constantly admiring him from my spot in the orchestra. Our love for making music connected us as good friends first. As I was preparing my graduate school applications, I asked him to tutor me in math for my GRE, knowing that as an engineering major, he was good at it. As a nursing major myself, I wasn’t half bad, but I really just wanted to spend more time with him. As the pandemic became a part of our everyday lives, we never got to take that final bow as UCF orchestra musicians, but that’s OK. What sprouted from that first semester in orchestra together is a love that has lasted more than three years. Alex proposed to me last October, and we are excited to be getting married next year, with many of our orchestra friends who are also set to play at our wedding.