Miles Sterling Music

Miles Sterling is a pianist and singer-songwriter originally from Victoria, BC, Canada.

He studied music and piano at Toronto’s Humber College with Brian Dickinson, Bernie Senensky, David Restivo, David Virelles, Gord Sheard, Andy Ballantyne, and Mark Kelso.

Miles has had the privilege of performing and/or recording with Damian Graham, Colin Nealis, Ash Richardson, Brooke Maxwell, Tom Ackerman, Oliver Swain, Adam Dobres, Kelby MacNayr, Joey Smith, and the late Josh Dixon, to name a few.

He has performed at such venues as Pagliacci’s, Heron Rock Bistro, Fairmont Empress Hotel, Government House of BC, Coast Bastion Inn, Victoria Event Centre, Victoria’s Market Square, and Hermann’s Jazz Club.

Aside from his gigging efforts, Miles has been an avid busker, performing mainly as a solo act (but also as part of duos, trios, and a quartet) starting with a brown upright piano, which was later painted (by Vilaiwan Fernandes) with a vibrant magenta sky, a giant orange squid, and the ocean - for further busking pursuits. After switching to a digital keyboard for ease of transport and the luxury of being in tune, Miles adopted the moniker and costume of “Piano Pactolus” (a sonic renegade of sorts) and continued to busk for several more seasons.

Now heading to Vancouver for next summer (‘26) - Miles plans on rejoining the busking community by striking its streets and transit stations with his passion and ecstatic zeal for music.