James Hamish Brash (1881 – 14 October 1961) was a Scots-born Australian pianist, organist and choral conductor, remembered as a composer and adjudicator at eisteddfods throughout Australia and New Zealand.
[3][4] He became conductor of the choir of the Highland Society of New South Wales,[5] possibly appointed before leaving Scotland.
[7] His compositions include: He made arrangements of[2] Some of his four-part vocal works were recorded by The Adelaide Singers, conducted by Norman Chinner.
[citation needed] Brash married twice, to Dorothy Jane Matheson (1881 – 13 November 1926),[10] by whom he had two children, secondly to the soprano Alice Prowse (1901–).
She was a daughter of Inspector Joseph Prowse of the New South Wales Police Force.