Setting the value of a select element if an onChange event causes the page to reload will throw an exception

If you have javascript onChange event handlers on a select element that change the window.location, using Geb to set the value of the select will throw a org.openqa.selenium.StaleElementReferenceException. Example:

<select name="artist" onChange="window.location='http://www.google.com';">
<option value="1">Ima Robot</option>
<option value="2">Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros</option>
<option value="3">Alexander</option>
</select>

Then, in the test:

when:
$("form").artist = 3
then:
thrown(org.openqa.selenium.StaleElementReferenceException)