The Southwest Florida Symphony, Lee County’s only professional orchestra featuring musicians who have studied at the world’s most prestigious conservatories, is excited to announce tickets are on sale for the first Brave New Pops concert of its 63rd season on Saturday, Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall in Fort Myers. “R.E.M. Explored” will feature selections from R.E.M.’s legendary playlist newly imagined for the orchestra, with R.E.M.’s Mike Mills on electric bass, piano and guitar performing alongside Grammy-nominated violinist Robert McDuffie. This symphonic masterpiece perfectly blends classical and pop, featuring R.E.M.’s biggest hits from the 80s and 90s, including “Everybody Hurts,” “Supernatural Superstitions,” “Man on the Moon” and more. The incredible concert will conclude with Mills performing his eponymous “Concerto for Violin, Rock Band, and Orchestra.” The Southwest Florida Symphony’s Brave New Pops series is sponsored by Ellie Fox and Seminole Casino Hotel.