Between 1936 and 1938, he continued his music studies in Rome, Italy, at the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia with Ildebrando Pizetti (composition) and Alfredo Casella (piano). In 1938, he obtained a PhD in musicology at the Pontifical Institute for Sacred Music. He then became a music teacher at the Saint Vasile High School in Blaj until 1943. Between 1945 and 1949, Toduță was artistic director for the "Ardealul" Philharmonic in Cluj. He then worked as a theory and solfege professor at the G. Dima Conservatory. Between 1971 and 1974, he conducted the State Philharmonic in Cluj.
