New!  Blurring Boundaries - Erhu Excursions

"Blurring Boundaries is an eclectic mix of musical styles that bridges east with west, past with present, and classic with contemporary and is unlike anything you've ever heard before. The caliber of musicianship is superb; its exquisite resonance puts the work, without a doubt, at the top of the musical food chain." -Phamphlet Press. Read the entire review at phamphletpress.org.

"One of our most honored Erhu virtuosos from China, Yang Ying’s new CD is remarkably innovative— indeed, “blurring the boundaries” of classical Chinese, with jazz and creative improvisations. It is brilliantly conceived and performed." -Chungliang Al Huang, Founder-President, Living Tao Foundation

Yang Ying's most recent release, Blurring Boundaries - Erhu Excursions contains Ying's arrangements of traditional, signature pieces for the erhu, her own compositions that are a fusion of both various styles of Chinese music and Western classical, jazz, funk, and Nashville influences, and an arrangement of a classical American jazz tune that is especially beautiful on the erhu. Ms. Yang's virtuosity on the instrument is unmistakable on all of tunes.
Blurring Boundaries - Erhu Excursions
$15.99

Song List:

  1. Uninhibited (4:59) - 1:18, 1.2MB sample clip
  2. Confiding in a Friend (7:36) - 1:09, 1.1MB clip
  3. 'Round Midnight (6:28) - 1:13, 1.2MB clip
  4. Sai Ma (Horse Race) (3:06) - 0:58, 0.9MB clip
  5. Jiang He Shui (Rivers of Tears) (7:06) - 0:55, 0.9 MB clip
  6. Funky Chinese Jig (4:19) - 1:12, 1.1MB clip
  7. Han Gong Qiu Ye (Autumn moon over the Han Palace) (6:55) - 1:20, 1.3MB clip
  8. Sanmen Gorge Capriccio (9:58) - 1:09, 1.2MB clip


Read more about each song in the liner notes. {Please note: international orders (those outside of the U.S., Canada, and Mexico) must click on the international shipping fee "Add to Cart" button below to add an additional $2.50 postage.}


Secure credit card transactions are handled through PayPal. If you prefer, you may also mail order all CDs. All songs from the Blurring Boundaries-Erhu Excursions CD are also available for download from Ying's MySpace, PayPlay, iTunes (search for "yang ying blurring boundaries", and many other on-line music stores.

Elixir - Music for Moving and Still Meditation

Initially created for use in a Taiji intervention study at the University of Illinois, Elixir is a music CD for moving and still meditation practices. This CD is unique in that it was composed and performed in entirety by both a master traditional Chinese musician and longtime practitioner of qigong meditation.

Elixir - Music for Moving and Still Meditation
$15.99
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According to traditional Chinese medical theory, music has healing properties. Composed around "the five notes" (i.e., the pentatonic scale) and making use of both traditional Chinese instruments and modern synthesizers, Elixir is a mixture of traditional and contemporary Chinese music with beautiful melodies that may used as an accompaniment to your moving or still meditation practice or simply enjoyed for the beauty of the music. Some tunes were designed to help lead the practitioner to a state of quietude and peacefulness, while others are simply joyous musical expressions of the ineffable experiences and sensations of moving and still meditation.

Read more about the CD in the insert notes or composer notes.


You may also preview .mp3 clips of the following songs:

  1. Lunhui (5:15)
  2. Wandering (4:05) - 0:36, 1.4MB sample clip
  3. Heaven, Human, Earth (5:26)
  4. Purification (7:30) - 0:38, 1.5 MB sample clip
  5. Circulation (14:38) - 3:38, 8.5MB sample clip
  6. Morning Immersion (6:02)
  7. Aspiring Emptiness (5:21)