Daniel Perantoni, professor of tuba and euphonium at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music and a renowned soloist, clinician, and chamber musician, has distinguished himself in the brass world as a premier tuba performer, teacher, and recording artist. A former member of the faculties at the University of Illinois and Arizona State University, he has been a featured artist at Carnegie Hall, the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Spoleto Festival U.S.A., Australia's Adelaide Festival, the Banff Centre for the Arts in Canada, the Montreux Brass Congress in Switzerland, and, most recently, several venues in Japan. At present he is a member of the St. Louis Brass Quintet, the Summit Brass (a founding member), Symphonia, and the Matteson-Phillips Tubajazz Consort. He has been influential in the design of numerous low brass instruments and mouthpieces known as "Perantucci." He serves as the vice president of educational matters and a consultant/clinician for Custom Music Company.