As well as singing, choristers learn the piano and an orchestral instrument, spending at least eighteen hours a week on musical performance.

As tradition follows, the choir leave the stage and exit the cathedral, carrying candles and singing a hymn, "The Day thou Gavest Lord is Ended".

The choir has appeared with many different artists including Petula Clark, Richard Stilgoe, the King's Singers, the Cambridge Buskers, the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble and Cantabile.

[2] In 2024 the Cathedral choir recorded 15 minutes of music to be used in Chichester Festival Theatre's summer production of the Coram Boy (play).

Throughout the rest of the year, Close Company performs in a variety of venues and performances include an evening at the Alexandra Theatre, Bognor Regis, the Assembly Rooms in North Street, St John's College, West Dean College, the Tudor house of St Mary's House, Bramber and the Chichester Festival Theatre.

On the choir's 2005 tour of South Africa, Close Company had the honour of performing for Archbishop Desmond Tutu.