The hires come because the Faculty has continued to place a robust emphasis on the humanities. Together with the incoming Class of 2029, WVWC has welcomed over 150 artistic arts to campus within the final three courses. Later this month, WVWC will welcome highschool college students to the West Virginia Governor’s Faculty for the Arts for the second summer time in a row and also will host in 2026. The Faculty has hosted GSA for 2 of the final three cycles. 
Taylor holds a Bachelor of Music Training from West Virginia Wesleyan Faculty, and a Grasp of Music in flute efficiency with graduate certificates in instrumental conducting and music administration from The Ohio College Faculty of Music. She is a member of Girls Band Administrators Worldwide, Nationwide Affiliation for Music Training, West Virginia Music Educators Affiliation, West Virginia Bandmasters, Sigma Alpha Iota Worldwide Music Fraternity and Pi Kappa Lambda honor society for music.
A formidable director and conductor, Taylor has directed bands on the center college and highschool degree in North Central West Virginia. Her ensembles have most ceaselessly achieved Superior “I” scores and have additionally premiered works at West Virginia scores festivals. As a conductor, she is understood for her expressive gestures and stylistic readability. Eliza studied wind band conducting at Ohio College underneath Dr. William Talley.
“I have a firm belief that a school’s marching band is the public face of the College as well as an ambassador for the entire community. I am honored to be returning to my Alma Mater to support their efforts and to grow a program that means so much to me.”
Taylor is primarily a flutist, however can be an completed conductor, singer, pianist, and trombonist. Properly-versed in classical, jazz, and Latin types, she has carried out and collaborated with quite a lot of people and ensembles.
As a WVWC scholar, Taylor was a member throughout the inaugural years of the Bobcat Marching Band, Live performance Band, WVWC Huge Band, choral ensembles and jazz combos. She was additionally the lead vocalist and flutist for the Afro-Cuban Ensemble and the assistant director of the Flute Ensemble throughout her time as a scholar. She obtained the Excellent Music Division Senior Award and the Tutorial and Management Achievement Award, graduating magna cum laude. Eliza additionally has expertise as a church musician and chorister.
Taylor has studied flute with Dr. Keith Hanlon, Linda Wolfersheim, and Alison Brown Sincoff. She and her husband, Seth Blake ‘17, a fellow music educator, name Elkins residence.
Loudin is a devoted music educator, conductor and performer with over 15 years of expertise inspiring younger musicians in West Virginia and past. He earned his Bachelor’s in Music Training from WVWC and a grasp’s diploma in Jazz Research from Indiana College’s Jacobs Faculty of Music, the place he studied trumpet with Joey Tartell and served as a graduate assistant to famend jazz educator David Baker.
Underneath his management at Robert L. Bland Center Faculty in Weston, each band and choir ensembles had been repeatedly acknowledged as WVMEA State Center Faculty Honor Ensembles. His dedication to excellence in music training earned him the title of Instructor of the 12 months twice throughout his 15-year tenure in Lewis County. In 2016, Adam was honored with the West Virginia Wesleyan Faculty Younger Alumni Achievement Award.
Loudin mentioned, “I am beyond thrilled to be joining the music faculty at WVWC. The school, its professors, and its tradition of valuing the arts were integral to my development as a young jazz musician, and I consider the opportunity to become a part of the WVWC campus community as a professor a true honor and privilege.”
Along with his work in public training, Loudin served as creative director of the Chanticleer Youngsters’s Refrain of West Virginia in 2015. He additionally contributed to increased training as an adjunct professor at WVWC for over a decade, the place he taught secondary music training strategies, brass strategies, and utilized classes. A sought-after clinician, Adam has performed honor choirs and bands all through the state.
As a performer, Loudin has remained lively in each jazz and classical music. He has performed jazz extensively all through West Virginia and surrounding states and spent greater than 10 years as a member of the West Virginia Brass Quintet.
In 2024, Loudin was honored nationally by Faculty Band and Orchestra Plus (SBO+) journal as one of many “50 Music Teachers Who Make a Difference,” highlighting his important contributions to music training.
Loudin and his spouse, Katie ‘07,—a fellow WVWC graduate, former Director of Community Engagement for WVWC, and current Director of Strategic Development for the WV Community Development Hub—live in Buckhannon with their two sons, Thomas and Elliot, who share their parents’ love for music.
Editor’s Notice: Prime picture of Taylor and backside picture of Loudin courtesy of WVWC.
