Sonata II for B-flat Clarinet and Piano by Arsenio Giron. Woodwindiana, 2003, SS, 24 + 8 pages. Arsenio Giron was born in Renteria, Spain in 1932 and immigrated to York in 1942. Giron studied music at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, Tulane University and finally Washington University before immigrating to Canada in 1968. Giron has been commissioned by several performing ensembles, and has written works for piano, orchestra, band, wind ensemble, chorus, solo voice, and string ensemble. Retired as professor emeritus from the University of Western Ontario, he still maintains a busy composition schedule. Sonata II (1996), like most music by Arsenio Girón, makes equal demands of its performers, both clarinetist and pianist. A conservative, contemporary work which emphasizes linear gestures--often requiring much technical skill--rapid tempos, lively rhythms and tight interlocking motifs. Four movements and a duration of about 15 minutes. (C0434)