Greg Scime holds degrees in music from both the Manhattan School of Music and Boston College and certificates from the American Guild of Organists. A seasoned professional in Sacred Music, he was the Director of Music and Liturgy and St. Teresa Roman Catholic Church in Summit, New Jersey. He is currently the Director of Music at St. Joseph Church in Maplewood, New Jersey, where he is the organist and choir director. He is also the Director and Conductor for Schwaebischer Saengerbund, a German choir in Clark, New Jersey.
His authored book, No Man Can Hinder Me, published in 2012, provides a social history of the events in the world of classical, jazz, and popluar music in the United States that had a dramatic impact on the process of racial integration before 1960.
Scime has directed nationally televised masses for the Archdiocese of Newark, the Paulist Fathers and served as organist for Jewish, Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, and Baptist Denominations in New York and New Jersey.
He currently serves as Adjunct Music Professor of Piano Studies at Seton Hall and has taught music classes and directed ensembles at Marylawn Academy in South Orange, New Jersey. Scime has appeared as a lecturer at the Classical Singer National Convention and at the Assisi Performing Arts Festival.
Gloria J. Thurmond holds a Master of Arts degree in vocal music performance and a Doctor of Ministry degree in pastoral theology. As a classical vocal artist, she has performed extensively in the United States and in Europe, which includes having performed for twenty-five seasons with the Metropolitan Opera and the New York City Opera.
As a Professor Emerita of Music at Seton Hall University, through her interdisciplinary academic background in music and theology, she taught private voice studies, beginning voice classes, the history of American Music, and the “Music of Broadway,” and she continues to direct the University’s professional concert series, “Jazz ‘n the Hall.” She also continues to teach University Core courses which introduce and explore questions of the Catholic Intellectual Tradition through philosophical and theological literature. Also, a pastoral musician, she serves as a cantor and lector for Saint Joseph Church in Maplewood, New Jersey.
She is a vocal coach and lecturer for the Assisi Performing Arts Music Festival; and, as a member of the Board of Directors, she is assistant to the director in the daily administration and operation of the annual Assisi Performing Arts Music Festival.
