Before any concert could be performed in Oak Harbor, Vernon Greenstreet knew some heavy lifting would need to be done.

So there Greenstreet was last Thursday, sizing up an electronic organ, then carefully helping three other men lift, then scoot the organ and a piano from one end of the St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church sanctuary to the other.

Dollies aided the process.

“I don’t know if I’ll try that again,” said Greenstreet, who’s 84. “Not at my age.”

Greenstreet is preparing for a concert and reunion, of sorts, at St. Stephen’s.

On Sunday, March 6, he, mezzo soprano Gail Koetje Neil and pianist Dorothy Watson will give a concert at the church with no charge for admission.

The 2:30 p.m. concert will reunite Greenstreet, a beloved, former choral director at Oak Harbor High School, with Neil, one of his prized pupils.

“I haven’t sung with Vernon since I was in high school,” said Neil, a 1972 Oak Harbor graduate who now lives in Seattle.

“It’s going to be kind of fun. He was my first music mentor.”

The concert will feature music from classical and sacred to opera and show tunes.

Neil is well-known to Pacific Northwest classical music audiences, having sung as a featured artist and soloist with symphonies, ballets and operas as well as in concerts. She has been a regular with the Seattle Opera for 16 years.

“I was honored that he asked me,” Neil said of Greenstreet, who taught for more than 20 years at Oak Harbor High School, retiring in 1982. “It will be fun to do. He’s been an Oak Harbor High School teacher for many years. Everybody knew Vernon Greenstreet.”

Greenstreet also has been a familiar face at St. Stephens, where he was organist from 1978 until 1993 after serving in that role at Oak Harbor First United Methodist Church. He moved to Bellingham in 1996 but has returned to play at St. Stephen’s worship services in recent years.

“He is a devoted, gifted musician,” said the Rev. Rilla Barrett of St. Stephen’s. “I think the whole congregation is going to be excited to be welcoming the concert. We’re very blessed to have him playing for us.”

Greenstreet also has performed at concerts at various Northwest venues, including stints with “The Mighty Wurlitzer,” the famous pipe organ at the Mount Baker Theatre in Bellingham. He has teamed up with Watson, a Vancouver, B.C. resident, in concerts there.

“I truly enjoy coming down and helping out at St. Stephens,” Greenstreet said. “I lived for 35 years in Oak  Harbor so I have quite a bit of roots there and many fond memories of my school teaching.”

He’s also well acquainted with St. Stephens’ Allen electronic organ, which he helped design and install in 1982.

Last week, he got more acquainted with it than he’d have liked, helping church members Jim Wagner, Bob Taylor and Rick Chapman move it and the piano from the rear of the sanctuary for the concert.

Neil, Greenstreet and Watson rehearsed together at the church last Friday. Neil said it was the first time she’d seen Greenstreet since his wife’s memorial service in 2014.

For years, Shirley Greenstreet taught clarinet and piano in Oak Harbor while her husband was choral director. He also taught piano lessons from their home after he retired.

Vernon Greenstreet said he and his wife felt a deep connection to Oak Harbor and were grateful for the support from the community and high school administration when he was teaching.

“It’s good to be back with old friends,” he said.

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church is located at 555 S.E. Regatta Drive in Oak Harbor. The sanctuary has seating for just over 250, which could make Sunday’s concert interesting.

“Because Vernon is such an institution in Oak Harbor, we’re expecting a crowd and looking forward to showing our hospitality and celebrating this music and talent,” Barrett said.