no, she hasn’t been singing since before she could talk. and no, she doesn’t write about how her ex-boyfriend cheated on her (although she might, if he had) or how pretty the trees in her backyard look (although she might, if she had a backyard.) see, here’s the thing: stephie coplan is not your everyday singer-songwriter. with piano prowess far beyond her twenty-two years and lyrics that range from the heartfelt to the tongue-in-cheek, she happily falls somewhere between the geekiness of ben folds, the cleverness of tom lehrer, and the poignancy of jason robert brown. odd influences? perhaps—but after all, quirky is what stephie does best.

born and raised in the d.c. area, stephie originally set out to be a sketch artist at the tender age of three. but after five years of art lessons and too many failed attempts at drawing flowers, she dramatically snapped her pencil in half one night and called a piano teacher. throughout the next ten years, with the help of her mother, a musical theater major, and her father, a headbanging music buff, she went on to win several state-wide classical piano competitions, record two jazz cds, play in dozens of pit orchestras, and release her first album of original music—all before starting as a freshman at tufts university in 2005.

now that she’s graduated with an incredibly marketable degree in philosophy and founded an award-winning performing arts education non-profit, stephie finally has time to get back to doing what she loves most: writing jazz-pop songs about law school, wikipedia, “jon and kate plus eight,” and other things that most singer/songwriters wouldn’t think of.

until she enters the studio next year with her merry band of berklee-trained musicians, all of her songs are free and downloadable on her myspace, ilike, or reverbnation pages. stephie is looking forward to getting to know all the friendly folks in the boston music scene, so say hi to her if you see her at one of the many open mics that she will be playing in the near future.