PITTSFIELD, Mass. Over this past year, world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma has been working to provide comfort and support to those who may be struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic.
On Saturday, he transformed a Massachusetts vaccination clinic into a temporary concert hall, in a moment that residents called a symbolic representation of the light at the end of the tunnel.
Ma, 65, received his second shot, alongside his wife, Jill Hornor, at Berkshire Community College in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on Saturday.
When he arrived at the clinic carrying his cello, the nurse who gave him his vaccine asked whether he would be willing to use his 15-minute observation period to offer a short concert to those in the waiting area.
When you receive a vaccine, it's recommended to wait 15 minutes. Plenty of people scroll on their phone or read a book. World-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma decided to do make it a more entertaining experience. He decided to turn his 15-minute observation period into a concert. Ma says he "wanted to give something back," according to Richard Hall of the Berkshire COVID-19 Vaccine
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World-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma surprised some Massachusetts residents who had just received their COVID-19 vaccines on Saturday. Ma played an impromptu concert for people who were being observed after their vaccines were administered at Berkshire Community College, the school said on Instagram. As it turns out, Ma was at the vaccine clinic to receive his own shot, according to the.