Anthony Costandius Jazz Duo

The Anthony Costandius Jazz Duo is a father-son duo consisting of piano and tenor saxophone.  Formed in 2008, this two-piece which is made up of Dr Anthony and Jan Costandius, specializes in background music for intimate and special events.  Their delightful repertoire ranges from Jazz favourites to pop songs, and hits by Baharach, Batt, The Beatles and much more!

Anthony John Costandius, an established Counselling Psychologist in Durbanville, has always lived in two worlds, namely the mysteries of the psyche and marvel of music. He is classically trained, but after leaving school, he branched out into varied areas, such as choral music, cabaret, pop, jazz, orchestral composition / arranging and songwriting.

Anthony completed a Bachelors, Honours and Masters degree in Counselling Psychology as well as a Teaching Diploma. During the seven years spent at the University of Stellenbosch, he sang in the well-known Stellenbosch Central Church Choir, and was the musical director / co-songwriter for three Afrikaans cabarets. Two of these, "Onder Ekstreme Provokasie" and "Ekskuus vir die Wals" were written by the now famous Afrikaans writer, Etienne van Heerden. The third of these, 3-D, was written by Anthony and enjoyed a number of successful runs at various venues. While at varsity, Anthony also conducted five song festival choirs and worked as pianist in the dining room of the well known Lanzerac Hotel..

Anthony also conducted the Cape Youth Choir (1989 - 1994) and the Doxa Deo Choir (1999 - 2000) and in 2005, after completing his Doctorate in Psychology, again co-wrote and produced a Afrikaans Cabaret, "Koos innie Doos". Since 2000 he has been the keyboard player in a rock band, Bone Idol and he recently also joined the Bob Mowday Big band as a pianist.

Jan Constandius, Anthony’s son, is also a talented musician who was a member of the Internationally recognised Tygerberg Childrens’ Choir, and currently sings in the widely acclaimed and two times  Olympic Gold Medal winner Pro Cantu Youth Choir.  He has completed his Grade 7 exams in Tenor Sax, is currently engaged in completing his UNISA Grade 6 Music Theory course and is now a pupil of Bob Mowday, father of the well-known Shannon Mowday.  Jan also plays in Bone Idol and Bob Mowday’s Big Band.