Commencement ceremonies are usually marked by a rendition of "Pomp and Circumstance," a speaker giving advice and parents beaming over their children's accomplishments.
It doesn't sound like anything that you would connect with the torture and detainment of innocent people". "Rendition" marks the first release for Witherspoon, 31, since 2005's "Walk the Line," the Johnny Cash film biography in which she played the country-music legend's wife, June Carter Cash.
A bagpipe rendition of "Amazing Grace" marked the start of the service, after which Monsignor Lloyd Torgerson from St. Monica's Church in Santa Monica, California, led those gathered in prayer.
It's a new take on an old classic as ukulele virtuoso Jake Shimabukuro marked Independence Day with a simple-yet-stirring rendition of "America the Beautiful". .
These renditions, by Andrew Manze's superb English Concert, are marked by a delicate balance of passion and poise.
Vintners are clearly drawing inspiration from Rhône Valley reds, with California versions marked by white pepper and earthier flavors, and from Australian Shiraz, the Golden State renditions of which are more opulent and fruit-driven.
He joined in one of several stadium waves after a release of doves, a warm rendition of both national anthems and a minute's silence for the Brussels bombing victims marked a spine-tingling opening ceremony.
His rendition is a lyrically dense and politically charged retelling of Simone's story about four very different women, each marked by different forms of racism and misogyny.
Three speeds of rendition slow, medium, fast in either duple or quadruple time are marked by two alternating strokes in a pair of cymbals; a dampened clap marks a strong beat, and a ringing vibration denotes a weak beat.
Renditions of "Agon," created in 1957, can fall somewhere between awkward and rote, but the Wednesday cast, led by Andrew Veyette, Teresa Reichlen, Wendy Whelan and Albert Evans, is marked by self-possessed fortitude.
