Veronika Agranov-Dafoe has been with West Bay Opera as an accompanist since 1993. She also coaches and accompanies at Opera San José and is the choir accompanist and soloist for the Palo Alto Unitarian Church as well as for Temple Emanu-El in San José. Born and raised in Leningrad (St. Petersburg), Russia, Ms. Agranov-Dafoe first studied piano performance at the Leningrad Conservatory of Music. She emigrated to the United States in 1992 and earned a Masters of Music from the San Francisco Conservatory in 1994. Ms. Agranov-Dafoe lives with her husband Bart and daughter Miranda in Sunnyvale.