Discover our November and December Respite Services!

20th ANNIVERSARY

Symphonic Passion Chorus

In-Person Holiday Concert

December 10, 2025 | 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Symphonic Passion Chorus holiday concert – a beloved Surrey Place tradition. Join us for a festive evening featuring a joyful mix of timeless carols and holiday favourites performed by our vibrant community choir. The event reflects Surrey Place’s commitment to inclusion and creativity, offering clients and families a chance to celebrate together. We’re thrilled to return once again to the Church of the Holy Trinity – a stunning venue known for its soaring ceilings and stunning stained-glass windows that will surely lift your holiday spirits. Let the music move you and kick off your season with joy!

PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN

Proceeds go toward the Surrey Place Charitable Foundation. Your donations help support our clients’ well-being and fund meaningful initiatives – like the annual Symphonic Passion Chorus holiday concert. These contributions help us cover the costs of rehearsals, venue rental, musician fees, printed songbooks and more.

The Symphonic Passion Chorus is supported by the Harry E. Foster Foundation and the Ontario Arts Council through the Artists in Schools and Communities Projects grant.

Join us!

Cost: Pay-what-you-can
Location: Church of the Holy Trinity, 10 Trinity Square, Toronto, ON M5G 1B1
Date: December 10, 2025
Time: 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Choir Fun Facts

Adapted Choir Book

The choir uses adapted music books that combine words and pictorial symbols (widgets) rather than musical notation. This makes the singing experience accessible to members of all reading abilities.

Practice Makes Perfect

From September to December, choir members diligently build and refine their skills. They put in hours of dedicated practice, both at home and in person, all in preparation for the big day. Come watch their dedication and talent shine on stage!

Sense of Community 

The choir’s focus is on promoting a sense of social belonging and increasing self-esteem. We do this by building community together, striving towards a common goal and celebrating each other.

Musical Stylings

During the performance, you will also see the work and musical stylings of our choir conductors Ana Santo (Senior Behaviour Therapist at Surrey Place) and Gwenna Fairchild-Taylor, and our pianist Jennifer Wakefield.

Interested in becoming a sponsor or donating a raffle prize?

Contact Information

Sponsorship & General Questions: Defne Inceoglu – Defne.Inceoglu@surreyplace.ca

By 2 months

Has your baby had their hearing screened? YES NO

By 6 months

Does the child?

Startle in response to loud noises? YES NO
Turn to where a sound is coming from? YES NO
Make different cries for different needs (hungry, tired)? YES NO
Watch your face as you talk? YES NO
Smile/laugh in response to your smiles and laughs? YES NO
Imitate coughs or other sounds such as ah, eh, buh YES NO

By 9 months

Does the child?

Respond to their name? YES NO
Respond to the telephone ringing or a knock at the door? YES NO
Understand being told no? YES NO
Get what they want through using gestures (reaching to be picked up)? YES NO
Play social games with you (Peek-a-Boo)? YES NO
Enjoy being around people? YES NO
Babble and repeat sounds such as babababa or duhduhduh? YES NO

By 12 months

Does the child?

Follow simple one-step directions (sit down)? YES NO
Look across the room to a toy when adult points at it? YES NO
Consistently use three to five words? YES NO
Use gestures to communicate (waves hi/bye, shakes head for no)? YES NO
Get your attention using sounds, gestures and pointing while looking at your eyes? YES NO
Bring you toys to show you? YES NO
Perform for social attention and praise? YES NO
Combine lots of sounds together as though talking (abada baduh abee)? YES NO
Show an interest in simple picture books? YES NO

By 18 months

Does the child?

Understand the meaning of in and out, off and on? YES NO
Point to more than 2 body parts when asked? YES NO
Use at least 20 words consistently? YES NO
Respond with words or gestures to simple questions (Where's teddy? What's that?)? YES NO
Demonstrate some pretend play with toys (gives teddy bear a drink, pretends a bowl is a hat)? YES NO
Make at least four different consonant sounds (p ,b, m, n, d, g, w, h)? YES NO
Enjoy being read to and sharing simple books with you? YES NO
Point to pictures using one finger? YES NO

By 2 years

Does the child?

Follow two-step directions (Go find your teddy bear and show it to Grandma.)? YES NO
Use 100 to 150 words? YES NO
Use at least two pronouns (you, me, mine)? YES NO
Consistently combine two to four words in short phrases (Daddy hat. Truck go down.)? YES NO
Enjoy being around other children? YES NO
Begin to offer toys to other children and imitate other children's actions and words? YES NO
Use words that are understood by others 50 to 60 per cent of the time? YES NO
Form words or sounds easily and without effort? YES NO
Hold books the right way up and turn the pages? YES NO
Read to stuffed animals or toys? YES NO
Scribble with crayons? YES NO

By 30 months

Does the child?

Understand the concepts of size (big/little) and quantity (a little/a lot, more)? YES NO
Use some adult grammar (two cookies, bird flying, I jumped)? YES NO
Use over 350 words? YES NO
Use action words such as run, spill, fall? YES NO
Participate in some turn-taking activities with peers, using both words and toys? YES NO
Demonstrate concern when another child is hurt or sad? YES NO
Combine several actions in play (puts blocks in the train and drives the train, drops the blocks off.)? YES NO
Put sounds at the beginning of most words? YES NO
Use words with two or more syllables or beats (ba-na-na, com-pu-ter, a-pple)? YES NO
Recognize familiar logos and signs involving print (Stop sign)? YES NO
Remember and understand familiar stories? YES NO

By 3 years

Does the child?

Understand who, what, where and why questions? YES NO
Create long sentences using five to eight words? YES NO
Talk about past events (trip to grandparents house, day at child care)? YES NO
Tell simple stories? YES NO
Show affection for favourite playmates? YES NO
Engage in multi-step pretend play (pretending to cook a meal, repair a car)? YES NO
Talk in a way that most people outside of the family understand what she/he is saying most of the time? YES NO
Have an understanding of the function of print (menus, lists, signs)? YES NO
Show interest in, and awareness of, rhyming words? YES NO
Read to stuffed animals or toys? YES NO
Scribble with crayons? YES NO

By 4 years

Does the child?

Follow directions involving three or more steps (First get some paper, then draw a picture and give it to Mommy)? YES NO
Use adult type grammar? YES NO
Tell stories with a beginning, middle and end? YES NO
Talk to try and solve problems with adults and with other children? YES NO
Show increasingly complex imaginary play? YES NO
Talk in a way that is understood by strangers almost all the time? YES NO
Generate simple rhymes (cat-bat)? YES NO
Match some letters with their sounds (letter b says buh, letter t says tuh)? YES NO