J.H. Ashley
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Mr J.H. Ashley was a music teacher active in Cape Town between 1850 and 1870.
He introduced the Tonic Solfa method into the country, offering classes at the YMI and Club (Young Men's Institute and Club, later known simply as the YMI). In 1870 he is again teaching the tonic solfa method at the YMCA in Cape Town and founded a Tonic Solfa Choral Union
In 1858 he founded the Cape Town Choral Society
He directed a number of oratoria, cantatas, and other "concerts of vocal music" in Cape Town during the 1870s, including Handel's Messiah, The Flower Queen, or The Coronation of the Rose, A Summer Day (Leveridge)
