Tony Zilincik holds degrees in music composition from Central Michigan University and Bowling Green State University. He is currently an assistant professor of music at Capital University where he teaches tuba and theory, and directs the brass choir and “Capital Thunder,” the university tuba/euphonium ensemble. He is a tuba/euphonium instructor at Otterbein College as well where he also directs the wind ensemble. He maintains a private low brass studio and is active as a freelance soloist, having appeared with the Brass Band of Columbus at the prestigious Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, with the Central Michigan University Brass Band, the Capital University Trombone Choir and with several local high schools. He is the tubist in the Capital Brass brass quintet, the faculty quintet at Capital University, and the Cathedral Brass brass quintet at St. Joseph Cathedral in Columbus. He is the former E-flat tuba soloist with the Brass Band of Columbus and has performed with the Columbus Symphony Orchestra. Also a prolific composer, his works have received performances in the United States and Europe. Mr. Zilincik is active as a tuba and band clinician throughout Ohio and Michigan.