Murray, Ky.–Dr. Todd E. Hill, professor of music and director of jazz studies at Murray State, will retire at the end of the 2025-26 academic year after 37 years of teaching.
Dr. Hill is a native of Paris.
Hill holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music education from Murray State University and a Doctor of Education in curriculum and instruction (music education and school reform) from Boise State University. In Murray State’s Department of Music, he directs the Murray State University Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Band, Jazz Combos and teaches the courses Music in a Historical Context, History & Analysis of American Popular Music, Honors College Jazz History and Music Education courses. In 2016 and again this year, he was honored by the Kentucky Music Educators Association as College-University Teacher of the Year.