Gil Kaupp has been a faculty member at UNLV for more than 20 years, teaching both jazz trumpet and music technology, where he has earned the dean’s medal for outstanding contributions to the Las Vegas community. Together with professor Chuck Foley, he designed and continually updated the curriculum to teach students the art of recording, mixing, mastering and as of late, immersive and Dolby Atmos technology.

As a sound engineer he has mixed or mastered 400 CDs and currently is using and teaching immersive technologies to enhance the 3D aural space. Prior to his move to Las Vegas, Gil resided in Germany where he built several recording spaces and specialized in orchestra, jazz and acoustic recording, mixing and mastering technologies. He has mixed large 90+ track orchestra recordings for both classical and popular acts such as Marie Osmond and several professional orchestras in Europe. He also specializes in the use of microphones, and is considered by his peers as an expert on music applications on the Macintosh computer. He has authored over 200 articles on the subject, in both German and English. Gil was also awarded the “Ton Meister” certification from the Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich, Germany.

As a trumpet player, he has performed steadily on the Las Vegas Strip with a who’s who list of artists that include: Barbra Streisand, David Foster, Stevie Wonder, Gloria Estefan, Bette Midler, Aretha Franklin, Frank Sinatra Jr., Journey, Jennifer Hudson, Gladys Knight, Michael Bublé, Barry Manilow, Kool & The Gang, Carole King, Dionne Warwick, The Pointer Sisters, Chaka Kahn, Lionel Richie, Cecilia Noel, Natalie Cole, The New York Voices, Manhattan Transfer, The Temptations, The Weather Girls, Mavis Staples, The Scorpions, Klaus Doldinger, Shirley Bassey, Ray Brown, Bill Champlin, David Sanborn, Buddy Greco, Clint Holmes, Arturo Sandoval, Jerry Lewis, and Nathan Tanouye & The Yellow Jackets. He performed for 5 years with Lady Gaga in her Dolby Atmos show at the Park Theater in Las Vegas. He has been a member of the famous Santa Fe & The Fat City Horns for the past 20 years. His recording credits include 250 jingles, movie scores, game soundtracks and more.