Megan Sterling is a First Class Honours graduate of the Canberra School of Music, where she studied with one of Australia's foremost teachers, Vernon Hill. She is a First Prize winner at the 2003 Hungarofest International Flute Competition held in Budapest, as well as being awarded a special prize for the best performance of the Petrovics Flute Concerto (broadcast live on Hungarian National Radio). Megan has appeared in recital at the 2004 Budapest Spring Festival, and she has been invited to perform a recital in Boston in October 2005.

The Australian flautist was appointed Principal Flute of the Hong Kong Philharmonic in September 2002. In her time with the orchestra so far she has toured to London, Paris, Ireland and South Korea, as well as having appeared as a soloist in the 2003/04 and 2004/05 seasons. Other concerto appearances include those with the Budapest Symphony Orchestra, the Tasmanian, West Australian and Queensland Symphony Orchestras, and with the Academy of Melbourne. Megan has appeared in recital at Parliament House for the Australian Prime Minister, and on the inaugural Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) tour of Australia, as an Advanced Performance Programme Scholarship holder.

Among Megan's awards are a Symphony Australia Young Performer's Award, First Prize and Audience Prize at the Australian National Flute Competition 1999, an Award for excellence from the Victorian Premier, First Prize in the Melbourne University Mozart Competition, and four-time winner of the Leslie Barklamb Flute Scholarship. The prestigious Queen's Trust Award, Qantas Overseas Study Travel Award, Peter and Lena Karmel Award, Friends of the School of Music Prize and the inaugural Canberra School of Music/Ansett Concerto Prize all helped facilitate a study period with Paul Edmund-Davies and Michael Cox in London. As a member of the Australian Youth Orchestra and Youth Music Australia's Summer Academy, she worked with the world-renowned flautist, Karlheinz Zoeller. Megan has been broadcast on Australian National Television and Radio, RTHK (Hong Kong) and Hungarian National Radio.

Before moving to Hong Kong, Megan was a member of the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. She has also appeared in Principal role with the Melbourne, Queensland, and West Australian Symphony Orchestras. In Wellington, NZ, Megan taught at Victoria University. She now teaches at the Hong Kong Baptist University and the Hong Kong Academy for the Performing Arts, and The Music & Drama Institute.