Yo-Yo Ma plays surprise concert at vaccine clinic after receiving his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine
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Newly vaccinated people at a vaccination clinic in the US state of Massachusetts were treated to a mini concert over the weekend when famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma brought out his instrument after getting his second coronavirus shot.
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Ma used the 15-minute mandatory observation period to play at the vaccine clinic
World-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma gave a surprise concert Saturday at a vaccination site in Massachusetts.
Ma, 65, who lives in the Berkshires part time, was spending 15 minutes in observation after receiving his second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine at Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. He “wanted to give something back,” Richard Hall of the Berkshire COVID-19 Vaccine Collaborative told The Berkshire Eagle. This photo provided by Berkshire Community College shows cellist Yo-Yo Ma performing at Berkshire Community College’s second dose Pfizer vaccination clinic in the Paterson Field House on Saturday, March 13, 2021 in Pittsfield, Mass. Image Credit: AP
Clips shared on Facebook by the community college show the masked musician seated with his cello against a wall, away from other people under observation after being vaccinated. The songs included “Ave Maria” and Bach’s Prelude in G Major.
After receiving his second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, cellist Yo-Yo Ma performed an impromptu solo for the clinic inside the gymnasium at Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield, Mass.
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Newly vaccinated Massachusetts residents were treated to a mini concert over the weekend when famed cellist Yo-Yo Ma brought out his instrument after getting his second coronavirus shot.