Seth Girton is from Wichita, where he began studying cello at the age of nine. Under the tutelage of Susan Mayo, he was an active participant in the Wichita Symphony Youth Orchestras Program for six years before earning a degree in mathematics at Oberlin College. After a year in Michigan, where he worked at a full-scale piano restoration shop, Seth returned to Wichita to scurry about in the back of McHugh Violins as a repair technician.

He received his Master of Music degree from Emporia State University in 2015. Seth has taught at Southwestern College, where he also directed the Southwestern College Youth Symphony, Tabor, Hesston, and Bethel College, where he remains on the adjunct faculty. Seth maintains an active performance schedule with the Newton Mid-Kansas Symphony Orchestra and the Hutchinson Symphony Orchestra, in each of which he serves as principal cellist, and with Knocknasheega Celtic Band. He has spent several years exploring non-traditional and experimental cello techniques and sharing these at venues in the Wichita area, particularly local farmers' markets as well as coffee and public houses.