Jonathan Grieves-Smith

Jonathan Grieves-Smith is a conductor and director.

In 2020 acclaimed choral conductor Jonathan Grieves-Smith, also known as Jonathan Smith, was sentenced to 24 years in jail for child rape. He was convicted of 16 counts of historical sex offenses beginning in the 1980s when his victim was five years old, during his tenure as music director of Brighton Festival Chorus. He was charged with the offenses in 2015 and in 2019 he was extradited from Australia to the UK for the trial. He continued to work with Melbourne choirs the Hamer Singers and Hallelujah Junction in the interim.

Affiliations

Brighton Festival Chorus (music director)

Hallelujah Junction (conductor and artistic director)

Hamer Singers (director)

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Chorus (choir director)

Melbourne Trinity College (director of music)

Sydney Chamber Choir (conductor)

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Articles

Barlow, Aidan (May 19, 2020). Brighton choirmaster Jonathan Smith jailed for child rape. The Argus. Archived from the original on January 26, 2021.
Le Duc, Frank (May 19, 2020). Former Brighton Festival Chorus music director jailed for child sex abuse. Brighton and Hove News. Archived from the original on April 8, 2026.
BBC (May 20, 2020). Music director Jonathan Smith jailed for sex abuse. BBC. Archived from the original on August 24, 2025.
Le Grand, Chip (May 20, 2020). Melbourne choirmaster jailed in Britain for child sex crimes. The Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on May 20, 2020.

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