Trinity Seely's life has taken her to many different places, ranging from the Chilcotin of British Columbia, where she grew up; to boarding school in Ojai, California; to Utah Valley University, where she met and married her husband; and then to ranches in the high deserts of central Wyoming, the Sandhills of Nebraska, and the Big Belts outside Cascade, Montana. Trinity is now back in Ojai where she directs the Horse Program at The Thacher School, her alma mater, leading a team of seven who manage 120 horses. Trinity says the Horse Program "was founded 130 years ago with the belief that the outside of a horse is good for the inside of a kid. This statement still rings true today."
As Trinity says, "We have spent the majority of our married life working on cattle ranches across the west while raising our four kids. While we are not pushing cows at the moment, the opportunity to work with the youth of the future and good horses is the most meaningful work we could do, and we love it."
Trinity Seely, her debut album, was released in 2011. Produced by Brenn Hill and Ryan Tilby, it received multiple outstanding reviews, including writeups in Western Horseman, Ranch and Reata, Cowgirls in Style, Working Ranch Magazine, and True West. She followed it up with three more albums: Old Poly Rope, Cowboy's Wage, and Camp to Camp.
Trinity has been a featured performer at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, NV; Heber City Cowboy Poetry and Music Festival in Heber City, UT; Durango Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Durango CO; Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering in Prescott, AZ; and many more gatherings and ag-related events, including a trip to Germany where she shared her western lifestyle with her friends across the Atlantic.
"Music and storytelling are a much a part of working on a ranch as a saddle is to riding horses. Trinity Seely embraces the oral traditions of the cowboy life and offers a musical window into her life as a cowgirl and ranch wife."
— Jennifer Denison, Western Horseman
Website: trinityseely.com
Cowboy Crossroads, episode 76 - Andy Hedges interviews Trinity Seely
