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  • CONCORD, CA - MAY 14: Violinist Jennifer Cho, and violist...

    CONCORD, CA - MAY 14: Violinist Jennifer Cho, and violist Marcel Gemperli, both with the California Symphony, play near the front entrance of the John Muir Health Concord Medical Center in honor of the hospital's frontline care providers in Concord, Calif., on Thursday, May 14, 2020. The performance was held during the medical center's evening shift change. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

  • CONCORD, CA - MAY 14: Violinist Jennifer Cho, and violist...

    CONCORD, CA - MAY 14: Violinist Jennifer Cho, and violist Marcel Gemperli, both with the California Symphony, play near the front entrance of the John Muir Health Concord Medical Center in honor of the hospital's frontline care providers in Concord, Calif., on Thursday, May 14, 2020. The performance was held during the medical center's evening shift change. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

  • CONCORD, CA - MAY 14: Nurse attendant Glenn Sarmiento, and...

    CONCORD, CA - MAY 14: Nurse attendant Glenn Sarmiento, and others applaud Violinist Jennifer Cho, and violist Marcel Gemperli, both with the California Symphony, as they play near the front entrance of the John Muir Health Concord Medical Center in honor of the hospital's frontline care providers in Concord, Calif., on Thursday, May 14, 2020. The performance was held during the medical center's evening shift change. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

  • CONCORD, CA - MAY 14: Violinist Jennifer Cho, and violist...

    CONCORD, CA - MAY 14: Violinist Jennifer Cho, and violist Marcel Gemperli, both with the California Symphony, play near the front entrance of the John Muir Health Concord Medical Center in honor of the hospital's frontline care providers in Concord, Calif., on Thursday, May 14, 2020. The performance was held during the medical center's evening shift change. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

  • CONCORD, CA - MAY 14: Nurse Lauren Poissant listens to...

    CONCORD, CA - MAY 14: Nurse Lauren Poissant listens to violinist Jennifer Cho, and violist Marcel Gemperli, both with the California Symphony, as they play near the front entrance of the John Muir Health Concord Medical Center in honor of the hospital's frontline care providers in Concord, Calif., on Thursday, May 14, 2020. The performance was held during the medical center's evening shift change. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

  • CONCORD, CA - MAY 14: Violinist Jennifer Cho, and violist...

    CONCORD, CA - MAY 14: Violinist Jennifer Cho, and violist Marcel Gemperli, both with the California Symphony, play near the front entrance of the John Muir Health Concord Medical Center in honor of the hospital's frontline care providers in Concord, Calif., on Thursday, May 14, 2020. The performance was held during the medical center's evening shift change. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

  • CONCORD, CA - MAY 14: Violinist Jennifer Cho, and violist...

    CONCORD, CA - MAY 14: Violinist Jennifer Cho, and violist Marcel Gemperli, both with the California Symphony, play near the front entrance of the John Muir Health Concord Medical Center in honor of the hospital's frontline care providers in Concord, Calif., on Thursday, May 14, 2020. The performance was held during the medical center's evening shift change. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

  • CONCORD, CA - MAY 14: Grace Shughrou, of Pleasant Hill,...

    CONCORD, CA - MAY 14: Grace Shughrou, of Pleasant Hill, listens to violinist Jennifer Cho, and violist Marcel Gemperli, both with the California Symphony, as they play near the front entrance of the John Muir Health Concord Medical Center in honor of the hospital's frontline care providers in Concord, Calif., on Thursday, May 14, 2020. The performance was held during the medical center's evening shift change. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

  • CONCORD, CA - MAY 14: Violinist Jennifer Cho, and violist...

    CONCORD, CA - MAY 14: Violinist Jennifer Cho, and violist Marcel Gemperli, both with the California Symphony, play near the front entrance of the John Muir Health Concord Medical Center in honor of the hospital's frontline care providers in Concord, Calif., on Thursday, May 14, 2020. The performance was held during the medical center's evening shift change. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)

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Doug Duran, Bay Area News Group Photojournalist, is photographed for his Wordpress profile in Pleasanton, Calif., on Thursday, July 28, 2016. (Doug Duran/Bay Area News Group)
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Violinist Jennifer Cho and violist Marcel Gemperli, both with the California Symphony, played at the front entrance of the John Muir Health medical centers in Contra Costa County in honor of the hospital’s frontline care providers during the coronavirus pandemic. Cho and Gemperli performed at the 6 a.m. John Muir Health, Walnut Creek Medical Center’s shift change, and the Concord Medical Center’s 6:30 p.m. shift change Friday. As they walked to and from work, the medical staff was treated to classical music from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Dmitri Shostakovich. Staff members with the time lingered to enjoy the music during the 45-minute performance.