Lee McClure, a native of San Francisco and resident of NYC since the early 70’s, is a composer and electric flutist whose strong melodic writing and unique use of traditional harmony has a complex emotional depth that appeals to all audiences. His classical oeuvre includes opera, orchestral, choral and chamber works. Since 1990 he's been developing a repertoire of originals and re-compositions of both classical and jazz standards for electric flute. He performs solo as a one-man-band and as the leader of the Eclectix Ensemble which performs free but melodic and tonal improvisations in a rock idiom with Grateful Dead influences along with material written by the members.

As an impresario Lee has produced operas, modern dance, and concerts. For over 20 years he has been the founder/director of Eclectix, the new-music concert series specializing in melodic and new tonal music written in classical, jazz and crossover styles. He composed with librettist Ron Whyte two operas including, Mother And Child which premiered at the Cathedral St. John The Divine. Most recently he founded the Eclectix Dance Company whose dancers choreograph Lee's electric flute compositions.

Lee is a graduate of the Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College where he received a B.S. in Music Composition. He also studied at University of California at Berkeley, San Francisco Art Institute, and Berklee College of Music in Boston. A recipient of numerous ASCAP Special Awards, Lee’s compositions have been performed by the Old First Orchestra of San Francisco, the Saturday Brass Quintet, and he has received commissions from the King David Orchestra, The Janet Gerson Dance Company, and the Breve Trio.

As an author Lee was invited to present his essay THE SEPARATION OF ART AND SOCIETY at the Society of Composers Inc’s 1997 national conference in Miami. At Touro College Lee designed and taught a survey course of American Music for which he created 12 hours of tapes containing 2 to 10 minute musical excerpts ranging in all styles from the 1770’s to the present day.