Jolea Jensen Sondergaard, BA, MA, currently resides in Santa Rosa, California where she teaches in-person music lessons in the Sonoma County, CA region (including Santa Rosa, Fountaingrove, Roseland, Fulton, Rohnert Park, Bellevue, and Cotati). She also teaches online music lessons to students around the world.
Jolea Jensen Sondergaard started learning piano at the age of 5 1/2 as a student of Betsy Jensen. She later studied under Dr. Isabelle Williams (former professor at Skidmore College), Dr. Karen Wilson (Bob Jones University) and Mrs. Joan Pinkston (Bob Jones University).
Jolea received her Bachelor of Music in Church Music with a Piano Proficiency in 2001 from Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina. In 2006 she received her Master of Arts in Church Ministries from Bob Jones University.
Since 1992 through the present, Jolea has been teaching private music lessons. Between 2001 through 2004, she was a general music and private lessons teacher at Thrifthaven Baptist Academy (now Heritage Baptist Academy) in Cordova, Tennessee.
Between 2004 through 2006 she wrote and taught a preschool music curriculum to children ages 2-6 at BJU in Greenville, S.C.
Between 2006 through 2017, Jolea was a music professor at Bob Jones Memorial Bible College in Quezon City, Philippines. She taught music theory, music education, handbells, private piano and group piano.
Between 2017 through 2024, Jolea taught music in schools, churches and homes throughout Saratoga County and surrounding regions in New York State.
During the COVID epidemic, Jolea began teaching music through online sessions and continues to offer that option today to students located across the U.S. and in different countries around the world.
In 2024 Jolea moved to Santa Rosa, California where she began teaching in-person music lessons in the Sonoma County region (including Santa Rosa, Fountaingrove, Roseland, Fulton, Rohnert Park, Bellevue, and Cotati). She continues to also teach private music lessons online to students around the globe.