Maya Tepler, CP '11

Graduating Class:  2011
School / Major:  College /
Voice Part:  Soprano I
Joined:  Fall 2007
Favorite singer/band:   Ben Folds, Nickel Creek, Michelle Branch, bad pop music
Favorite movie:   Drop Dead Gorgeous, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Newsies, any and all porn (just kidding that's Tivan)
Favorite book:   In Cold Blood, Omeros
Favorite CP song:   Wanderer (because I get to sing high and loud)
Best CP memory:   Geoff walking me home from initiation, and sleepovers during recording
Where do you see yourself in five years?:   as a poor actress in New York
How many days do you average at Smoke's?:   Please stop reminding me that I don't have an ID

Solos

"Many The Miles" by Sara Bareilles
Performed in the 2008 CP Spring Show "Last Call"   (Listen)


"Better In Time" by Leona Lewis
Performed in the 2008 CP Fall Show "You Stay Classy, Philadelphia"


"Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now" by Joss Stone
Performed in the 2009 CP Spring Show "Jazz In My Pants"


"The Game of Love" by Michelle Branch and Carlos Santana
Performed in the 2010 CP Spring Show "NickTunes"   (Watch)


"These Days" by Chantal Kreviazuk
Performed in the 2010 CP Fall Show "Doo-Wop It Like It's Hot"   (Watch)


"Love of My Man" by Ella Fitzgerald
Performed in the 2011 CP Spring Show "I Just Had Saxbys"


Arrangements

"Better In Time" by Leona Lewis
Performed in the 2008 CP Fall Show "You Stay Classy, Philadelphia"


"Tell Me What We're Gonna Do Now" by Joss Stone
Performed in the 2009 CP Spring Show "Jazz In My Pants"


"I'm All Over It" by Jamie Cullum
Performed in the 2010 CP Fall Show "Doo-Wop It Like It's Hot"   (Watch)


Board Positions

None yet!

Bio

(from the program of the 2010 CP Spring Show "Nicktunes")
"IT’S ALL IN THE GAAAME OF LOOOO-HOO-WOOO-AAHHH-OOOVVVVEEE — oh, sorry, that was just Maya Tepler belting Michelle Branch.  Truth is, Maya will belt pretty much anything.  Even things that shouldn’t be belted.  If you don’t already know Maya, it’s because you’re not in a performing arts group at Penn (she’s in every single one).  Or it’s because you’re socially awkward.  At any given moment, Maya can be found directing, belting, cooking, belting, at Smoke’s in yoga pants, belting, running a marathon, belting, or yelling at Will Steinberger.  And sometimes she belts.  We’re so proud of her for finally taming her vibrato occasionally.  Maya now lights up the stage in such legitimate professional productions as Girls Night: The Musical.  We’re shocked she didn’t win the Tony.  Oh, L’Maya Teps — you’ve come so very far from those freshman train wreck days, and we love you just the same."