May 21, 2026
Athens, GR 14 C
Expand search form
Blog

Welsh conductor is charged with sexual offences

Welsh conductor is charged with sexual offences

Gareth Ritter, conductor of Ebbw Valley Brass Band and the Lydbrook Band, has been sent to trial in Cardiff charged with sexual assault, two counts of making an indecent image of a child, and one count of distributing an indecent image of a child.

Ritter, 43, is a former assistant head and music teacher at Willows High in Cardiff.

Ebbw Valley brass band says he has resigned.

The post Welsh conductor is charged with sexual offences appeared first on Slippedisc.

Previous Article

Jump-in saves Munich’s blushes

Next Article

Irish opera drops CEO

You might be interested in …

French orchestra gets massively drenched

French orchestra gets massively drenched

This was the French National Orchestra playing in the Olympics Opening Ceremony under the baton of Cristian Macelaru. Also inundated in the horrensdous Paris weather was the pianist Alexandre Kantorow. It seems remarkable that in […]

Austria reoccupies Trieste

Austria reoccupies Trieste

Until the Austro-Hungarian Empire collapsed ion November 1918, the port of Trieste on the Adriatic was its only outlet to the sea. Now, the Vienna Symphony Orchestra has re-established a post-imperial residency. Italy’s ambassador to […]