The Bernstein Bard Trio is Steve Bernstein on mandolin, Mark Bernstein on guitar, and Robert Bard on Upright Bass. Eclectic in their repertoire, imaginative in their arrangements, and captivating in their sound, they are one of the top acoustic music groups in the Hudson Valley.

The Trio swings, rocks, bops and serenades the audience with a diversity of music ranging from the swing music of Duke Ellington, Fats Waller, Django Reinhart, George Gershwin, and Louis Jordan; to Latin and Tango by Jobim, Bonfa and Bizet; to winning versions of traditional folk and popular melodies from around the world. Their contemporary flavor shines through in rousing, heartfelt renditions of songs by John Lennon, Sting, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, David Grisman, Jerry Garcia, Bob Marley and many others.

The Bernstein Bard Trio performs at concerts, clubs, festivals, and private functions including corporate events, wedding ceremonies, cocktail hours, receptions; parties, and dances. The group is extraordinarily versatile, and can add other accomplished musicians to meet your specific needs.



 “Between them, Steve and Mark Bernstein and Robert Bard have a couple of lifetimes’ worth of experience playing with the best studio cats in the world…. There’s no mistaking their musical chops. But something different happens when these musical wizards get together as The Bernstein Bard Trio. All that skill is channeled into something that’s more than the sum of its parts — something joyous, engaging and always suprising. There’ll be times when you’ll hear more strings do more string things than your average symphony orchestra; other times when a single note will hang out there above your head like a star in the winter night….”

photo by Lauren Thomas

“A great trio — strings all over the place, playing beautiful music of all different styles and idioms.”

— Jay Ungar