 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pashure pokudzidzisa muZurich kwemakore akati, John akava mudzidzisi wemimhanzi uye mudzidzisi weviolin paHarrow muna 1862, anonzi akagadzwa somugumisiro wokucherechedzwa paaidzidzisa piyano paLondon International Exhibition. Munguva yake paHarrow, akaunza imba-kuimba ichiri chikamu che kutanga kwemukomana mutsva munharaunda yechikoro uye akaumba nziyo zhinji dzechikoro uye mamwe mabasa makuru ekuimba edzidzo nekunakidzwa kwevadzidzi nevashandi. Iye akakurudzira kutora rutivi kwavakomana mukuimba pamwe chete nokuda kwezviitiko zvechikoro uye fundo yakakomba yomumhanzi unoridzwa. Ikoku kwakanga kuri mukati menhambo apo kubatanidzwa kwenziyo mukati mekudzidzisa chikoro chavose muEngland kwakanga kuri mukuvamba kwayo uye kugamuchirwa kwayo kwaiwanzoshorwa namatare edzidzo navakuru. Farmer aizivikanwa se Sweaty John, Farmer akaunzawo konzati yekusvuta, kana kuti Tobacco Parliament, iyo yakaitwa paZuva reVavambi, apo nziyo dzechikoro nemipiro yemimhanzi zvakagamuchirwa kubva kuvashandi, vakomana neshamwari, nezvinhu zvaFarmer zvaiyeukwa zvakanyanya - aiyeukwa se mutambi mukuru maererano naJohn Ivimey. Nziyo dzake dzinoramba dzichibudiswa mumabhuku emazuva ano eHarrow School Songs. Rwiyo rwechikoro, Forty Years On, rwakanyorwa muna 1872 nemumwe mudzidzisi Edward Ernest Bowen semunyori wenziyo. Akanyorawo nziyo dzecricket dzakadai seWillow the King, imwe yenziyo dzecricket dzakakurumbira zvikuru. Opera yake, Cinderella yakaitwa paHarrow muna 1883. 