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In December 1995, 'Symphony #1' was performed by the National Symphony Orchestra, as well as 'Suite Niu Yol' for flute and guitar was commissioned by México Fine Arts Department.

In 1996 Toussaint wrote 'Bouillabaisse', piece for piano and chamber orchestra, dedicated to Miles Davis for the fifth anniversary of his passing, as well as a piece for tenor voice and wind quintet entitled 'Vino de Hongos'.

Toussaint was premièred at the Lincoln Center in New York, by Tambuco (Mexico City Percussion Quartet) with a piece called "Jungle Chungle" for four marimbas and percussion.

In 1997, he wrote 'Post Tenebras Lux', a choral work based on Gregorian chants, for percussion quartet, harp, and soloist playing oboe, soprano saxophone and bass clarinet (Paul McCandless), which was performed at the closing of the México City Music Festival in the Metropolitan Cathedral on April 29, 1997.

Toussaint also gets a commission from the National University Orchestra to write the 'Concertino' for woodwind quintet, string orchestra and percussion, performed by OFUNAM and conducted by Horst Neumann in January.

The 'Oktkt' woodwind octet is commissioned by Sinfonieta Ventus and performed in a 1997-1998 US tour. 

He is also commissioned to write a second cello concerto for the Mexican cellist Carlos Prieto.

He has also premiered a new choir piece for Musica Viva of New York City in April.

The same year, 1997 saw premieres of Concertino (OFUNAM Mexico City), Post Tenebras Lux (Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral), Pa Su Meche (Mexico City), Days of the Dead (Phoenix Arizona), OKTKT (New York City), Amefrica (Mexico City). Along with Sacbe, he performs at the Cancun and Houston International Jazz Festivals.    >>