Kris Gilmore is a versatile trumpet player currently based in Salt Lake City, Utah. Kris has appeared as a soloist with the West Jordan Symphony and has appeared with numerous orchestras, including the Salt Lake Symphony and the Blue Lake Festival Orchestra. He was also a semi-finalist with Crimson Brass in the 2026 International Trumpet Guild Ryan Anthony Chamber Music Competition. Kris has appeared on stage with a variety of artists, including Sutton Foster, Gil Shaham, Claudio Roditi, and Alfonso Horne.

As an educator, Kris currently teaches applied lessons at the University of Utah and works with the Marching Utes. He previously worked at the Raleigh School of Music and Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. Kris has presented at the Utah Music Educators Association conference and has been published numerous times in the International Trumpet Guild Journal.

Kris Gilmore and Kathryn Sloat first met and began exploring harp and trumpet music in 2023. They have since performed together at the University of Utah and for the Faculty Recital Series at the Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. As a duo dedicated to expanding the repertoire for their instruments, they are currently working on their first commissioning project. They chose the name “Lake Effect” for their ensemble because lakes have had a great significance in their relationship - they first met at Blue Lake, a summer camp located near Lake Michigan, and currently live near the Great Salt Lake, where Kris is completing his doctorate in trumpet performance at the University of Utah.

Kris is currently finishing his doctorate at the University of Utah under the tutelage of Dr. Peyden Shelton, Travis Peterson, Associate Principal Trumpet of the Philadelphia Orchestra, and Paul Torrisi, Second Trumpet of the Utah Symphony. He has previously received degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, studying withJohn Aley, Dr. Alex Noppe, Carole Reinhart, Jim Ketch, and Dr. David McChesney.