Denise is co-founder of the original Troupe Mandala, and Director of Troupe Mandala-California. She has been performing and teaching for…."a long time" and has taught workshops, danced, played keyboards and zils all over the US for the last seven winters, in Mexico, along with her husband, Oud player Pat Olson as the group “PANGIA”. She has presented quality events for Shasta / Siskiyou County, sponsored by the Arts Council and teaches classes at College of the Siskiyous. When not working at music or dancing she works with disabled students at the College of the Siskiyous and is the Director of the College’s Annual Performing and Visual Arts Clinic. She is the keyboard player for “PANGIA” and is the co-producer and artistic director of their five CDs.
