The University of Michigan Club of Greater Boston is happy to announce this year’s first and second place recipients of the Lee Steffenhagen Scholarship. The first place winner and recipient of a $2,000 scholarship is Brandon Grimes of Milton, MA. Close on Brandon’s heels is our second place winner and recipient of a $1,000 scholarship, Alexander Ivanov Nestorov of Action, MA.

Brandon Grimes is a junior majoring in music with many laurels and accomplishments to his credit. He has been an honors student since coming to Michigan, holds a 3.9 GPA, and has been invited to perform on several doctoral dissertations and masters recitals with students from the prestigious collaborative piano program, including performance of Brahm’s Liebeslieder Watzer with the renowned Prof. Martin Katz on the piano. He also won the National Association of Teachers of Singing award his freshman year. Brandon’s goal is to attend graduate school for music and eventually become a performer on the opera/musical theater stage.