Jane Frogley grew up in rural Wisconsin, and attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she received a double Bachelor of Arts degree in Applied Piano and in Music History. She then moved to Berkeley to attend the University of California, where she worked extensively with noted chant scholar Richard Crocker. In 1983 she received a Master of Arts degree in Historical Musicology. That year she also married fellow graduate student Alain Frogley, and shortly afterward they moved to his native England. Jane continued her studies of liturgical chant at Oxford University, eventually receiving a Master of Letters degree for her dissertation on a late medieval processional from the manuscript collection of the Bodleian Library.

In 1994 the Frogleys moved to Connecticut, where Alain had been offered a position as a professor of music history at UConn. In 1996 Jane began her career as an organist and church music director, initially at the First Congregational Church of Norwich, then, in 2001, at Christ Episcopal Church in Avon. From December 2006 Jane served as interim music director at St. Thomas Aquinas, and in June 2007 she formally left Christ Church to become a member of the St. Thomas staff.

Over the years Jane has also been active as a piano teacher, accompanist, choir director and singer. Since 2001 she has sung with CONCORA, a professional choir based in New Britain. She continues to enjoy liturgical chant and early music, and in recent years she has become interested in the music of Colonial New England.

The Frogleys have one son, Nicholas, who recently graduated from UConn with degrees in Sociology and Psychology. They have just moved into a new house in Storrs, with a lovely wooded lot where Jane has completely unrealistic plans for the garden.