Helen Elizabeth Roessing Aiton (22 August 1891 - 27 May 1957) was an American composer of piano music[1] [2] whose composition won first prize at the Conservatoire Americain de Fountainebleau in France.
[4] Roessing studied composition with Leo Sowerby at the Conservatoire Americain, where she won the Prix Tremaine First Prize in 1927 for her piano composition Au Fil de l’Eau Drifting.
[3][5] She also studied with Louise Robyn at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago.
[7] In addition to composing, Roessing was the music director at the Ellis School for Girls and worked as an accompanist and organist at several Presbyterian churches.
[8] Roessing’s works were published by Durand et Cie[9] and J. Fischer & Bro.