E-mail: stephen.tripp@tvtrojans.org

Office Phone
MHS: (330) 859-8829
Elementary: (330) 859-2427 ext. 6702

Address: 2633 Tusky Valley Rd NE Zoarville, OH 44656

Bio: Stephen Tripp is currently in his twelfth year in education, and his ninth as a band director at Tuscarawas Valley Local Schools.

Mr. Tripp graduated from Claymont High School in 2007, earned his bachelor’s degree in Music Education from the University of Akron in 2012, and his Master's of Music in Music Education from Kent State University in 2024. He began his teaching career in 2014 as the director of bands and choirs at Garaway Local Schools in Sugarcreek, Ohio. His responsibilities at Garaway included directing the concert band and choir programs for grades 5-12, as well as the marching band, pep band, jazz band, and show choir. He also taught high school music theory and led an after school music technology club. 

In 2017 he joined the staff at Tusky Valley as the middle school band director, a position he held until 2025. Under his direction, the middle school band program enrollment grew by over 40%, including recruiting over half of the entire 5th grade class into band during his final three years in that role. He also implemented new curriculum in courses for beginning guitar and songwriting for students in grades 7 through 12. In 2025 he was named the fourth high school band director in Tusky Valley history, responsible for directing all high school ensembles and assisting with the middle school band program.

In addition to his teaching duties, Mr. Tripp is an active musician and live sound technician. He has performed as a solo acoustic artist, as a guitarist/vocalist in a variety of bands, and served as worship leader at Park Christian Church in Dennison, Ohio from 2010 to 2014. Stephen has also played in the pit orchestra for a number of high school musical productions, and performs regularly with the Dominic Greco Community Band in Dover, Ohio.

His professional affiliations include the Ohio Music Education Association and The National Association for Music Education.