Louisville resident Chris Robinson has been playing the trumpet almost every day since he was 9 years old. As an adult, Robinson worked for the city, handling abandoned and vacant buildings. One day, he passed by a dilapidated, three-story, Victorian-style home in the Russell neighborhood.
“I feel like I’ve been here before,” Robinson said Thursday, remembering the moment he chanced upon the structure. “And then come to find out that it was the school where I took my first music lesson.”
Robinson was a student at The Bourgard College of Music and Arts, Louisville first arts school for Black youth. The school closed down in 2017 and had been in disrepair since…