BYU-Idaho Radio · Former BYU-Idaho student pursued her dreams at trade school
For some, a four year university doesn’t provide a path toward the career they want to pursue. That is how it was for Lindsay Robison.
Robison started playing piano at the age of 7 and fell in love with the instrument. One day her grandma took her to a piano shop and that was the first time she saw the inside of a piano. Ever since then, she’s been mesmerized by its inner workings.
After talking to some piano technicians, she found out there is one school in the United States where one can become a certified piano technician. After completing her associate’s degree at BYU-Idaho, Robison moved to Boston during November of 2020 to attend North Bennet Street School.
“We’re in class, all day, five days a week, only learning about one thing. And that one thing for me was pianos,” Robison said. “That way I learned so much and it was also so much fun to be around people who shared the same passion as I did.”
Robison encourages people to attend trade school if they have a unique career they are passionate about. Robison warns, however, that although people say trade school is less costly than college, that myth is wrong.
She also warns that there is a lot more time spent in the classroom in comparison to a university, where you typically only have a few classes a day.
“Trade school is set up more like a full time job. School started at 8 a.m. and we got out at 3:30 p.m. and it was five days a week. Coming from only going to two classes a day to doing that was exhausting,” Robison said.
Robison recently moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to grow her business. To follow Robison’s journey and check out her business, you can follow her Instagram page at tuneitup.pianos.