In 2021 Stijn Berkouwer was named Chief Conductor of the Utrechts Studenten Koor en Orkest (USKO), a group of over 150 students total with a strong Bach-tradition. In a cylcle of three years they perform the St. Matthew Passion, St. John Passion and the Hohe Messe. And in between those Bach concerts time to perform concerts of Mozarts’ Reqeuim, Sibelius’ 3rd Symphony and Brahms’ German Requiem.