Neath Male Choir was formed in February 2000 from within the membership of the Melincrythan Male Choir that had originally formed in 1978. From that original choir of 40 members has grown a choir of 75 voices, which is a considerable achievement in just 6 years.

In an average year, the choir usually undertakes between 20 to 25 engagements and to date, it is estimated that the choir through its charitable work, has helped raise somewhere in the region of 300,000 for local and national charities.

Overseas visits have included performances in Canada, Belgium, Germany, Holland and Spain. Meanwhile, nearer to home, the choir has sung at many prestigious venues in the United Kingdom. These include performances at St. David's Hall, Cardiff, The Royal Albert Hall, London, The Symphony Hall, Birmingham, The Ulster Hall, Belfast, Lichfield Cathedral, Chichester Cathedral, York Minster, Shrewsbury Abbey, the famous Shrewsbury Flower Show and are the first Welsh Male Voice Choir to sing in Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. They were also invited to provide entertainment to visiting delegates at a recent "Dr. Who" convention held in Swansea. That proved to be a very interesting evening!

The choir had a successful tour of Scotland in 2004. In August 2005 they provided the pre-match entertainment at the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final held in Cardiff's Millennium Stadium and had the pleasure of performing along side Neath's very own singing star, Katherine Jenkins. October 2005 they were invited to return to Holland to participate in the Annual Commemoration ceremonies held in St.Hertogenbosch to celebrate the liberation of the city in 1944 by the 53^rd Welsh Regiment. The choir was honoured to be invited to take part in the ceremonies and it proved to be a very successful return visit.

The choir has also sung on several occasions with the Wexford Male Choir from the Republic of Ireland and the Queen's Island Victoria Male Choir from Belfast in Northern Ireland. The three choirs united to perform a Tri-choral festival that was held respectively in Belfast, Wexford and Neath.

The choir has appeared with such artistes as Bryn Terfel, Della Jones, Rebecca Evans, Tom Jones, Shirley Bassey, Shan Cothi, Rhys Meirion, Anthony Stewart-Lloyd, Susanna Tudor-Thomas, Richard Allen, Peter Carrie, Michael Stirling, Hayley Westenra and of course, Katherine Jenkins.

The choir is privileged to be twinned with the Tamworth Ladies Choir from Staffordshire and have performed on numerous occasions with them both in Tamworth and Neath.

The Choir receives many requests to sing at wedding ceremonies, and in July 2006, they had the privilege of being invited to sing at the wedding of Duncan and Jo Jones.

The choir owes its gratitude to their Musical Team, which consists of Huw Smitham as Musical Director and are also extremely fortunate in having two excellent Accompanists in Lyn Evans and Margaret Robinson.