Janelle has been teaching at the Upper Hunter Conservatorium of Music since 1998. Before this she was a peripatetic teacher in schools in the Upper Hunter region. In 1983 Janelle was awarded a Bachelor of Music Education from the New South Wales Conservatorium. Janelle is an active member of the musical life of the local community, leading the Muswellbrook Shire Concert Band and roles in the Muswellbrook Amateur Theatrical Society and the Kia-Ora Music Camp.