One day in March of 2021, A wide-eyed, Iowa gal named Lauren was strolling through the gorgeous campus of Rice University. She was SO thrilled at the thought of being in Houston for her next step in pursuing a career in singing, and was getting the ‘red carpet rolled out for her’ by her soon-to-be voice teacher, Nova Thomas. When standing outside of the Shepherd School of Music, all of a sudden, a handsome, tall, and electric longboard-clad man burst through the doors of the Shepherd School of Music! LC recognized him from a recent competition at HGO streamed on YouTube and immediately asked Ms. Nova Thomas if that was “the star tenor from the competition”?! NT said, “Yes, darlin’, let’s go talk to him!” And the rest is history. We haven’t stopped talking since :) It’s only fitting that we met at the exact place that would become an artistic home & stepping stone towards our future careers in opera! Eric & Lauren have spent every second together since meeting, and it has been nothing but a joy. They have supported one another through joyful, new, and exciting times in their lives and can’t wait to do that forever. A centerpiece of their relationship is adventure, and they can’t wait to be each other’s biggest cheerleaders on this journey of life!