This is a brief and accessible canon by Australian composer Louis Lavater. It is distinctive for its clear, pedagogical approach to imitative writing in the Romantic style.
Maintain a steady pulse while ensuring the imitative voice enters with equal clarity.
Canon in E flat is rated Henle level 3 of 9 — late beginner repertoire, roughly ABRSM grades 4–5. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 5.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 3 — meaning you can already play level 2–3 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of Canon in E flat lasts about 2 minutes.
Canon in E flat is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.