A very talented young man

He is only 15 but some of the Youtube music videos go back to when he was only 11. One bio source indicated he was singing entire songs by age two. Much of his effort goes into funding the needs of others. He has a brother with a brain injury and autism, for example.

Here is a very interesting story about him when he was about to turn six and had already sang the national anthem at a Minnesota Twins game.

Little body holds powerful voice
By Brandy McDonnell Published: July 17, 2006

Enid 5-year-old sings for amazed crowds

ENID - When Lucas Ciliberti takes the stage, audiences often have a strong reaction.
It isn't the singer's snazzy costumes, charming smile or even his trademark blond ponytail that command the attention.
"When you introduce him as a 5-year-old who is going to sing the national anthem a cappella, everybody kind of gasps. ... And then when he starts to sing, people are so amazed," said Steve Barnes, general manager of the Chisholm Trail Expo Center in Enid.
"It's not something you see every day, a 5-year-old singing the national anthem like that."
Clutching the microphone close to his mouth and swaying from one foot to the other, the Enid boy looks every bit a first-grader when he starts to belt out a tune. But the clear voice, perfect pitch and confident stage presence contradict his youth.
"When you tell people your 5-year-old sings, they assume it's like 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,'" said his mother, Bridget Ciliberti. "After they hear him, they're a believer. He just brings joy to so many people's souls."
After singing at events in and around Enid for the past three years, Lucas, who will turn 6 tomorrow, recently crooned "God Bless America" for more than 30,000 baseball fans at a Minnesota Twins game. He also won the heart of acclaimed Enid opera singer Leona Mitchell this summer as one of the youngest participants in her inaugural music camp.

"I think he's just born with this, and he's just talented," Mitchell said. "I think that's just God-given. I think he was just born to do this."
Blessed birth
To his parents, Bridget and Chuck Ciliberti, the fact that Lucas is alive and healthy is a special blessing. Doctors feared he might be born with disabilities, if he made it into the world at all.
His mother suffers from SVT, or supraventricular tachycardia, in which her heart sometimes beats abnormally fast. In 1999, a bout of diverticulitis made her SVT worse, and she sought help at the Mayo Clinic.
During a battery of tests that included full-body X-rays, doctors found she was pregnant as well as sick. Since conceiving her two older sons took years of fertility treatments, she doubted the diagnosis.
But tests confirmed the doctors' suspicions; she was 12 days' pregnant.
"There's no way they should have caught it that early. It was God," she said.
Along with the X-rays, she was on an array of medicines, including a powerful heart drug, that doctors worried would affect the baby. The pregnancy also would prevent them from pursuing some treatments for her.
"I never considered discontinuing the pregnancy because I knew he had to be special because of the way it all came about," she said. "But it was really tough there for a while."
She was in intensive care at the Mayo Clinic for days before and after Lucas was born. At first, she only got to see photos of her son, who arrived about a month early via Cesarean section.
Lucas was put on a respirator in the neonatal intensive care unit for several days, but he was mostly healthy.
"He had all his fingers and toes and a good set of lungs on him -- and a set of pipes on him that was just amazing," his mother said.
Musical gifts
From the time he was a baby, music charmed Lucas. At 18 months, he shocked his family by singing "God Bless America" from his car seat during a family trip. He sang every word clearly and in perfect pitch, his mother said.
"That's when we really realized he could sing. I had no clue how he knew that song," she said, adding her son learned to speak, read and write early and now reads at about a third-grade level.
He soon showed he was unafraid to showcase his talents.
During the pregame of a hockey game where his oldest brother, Nick, now 15, was playing and his mother was announcing, Lucas unexpectedly grabbed the mike and crooned "God Bless America."
Since the family moved to Enid from Oregon about three years ago, Lucas has sung "The Star-Spangled Banner" before Enid Storm basketball games, Wichita (Kan.) Thunder hockey matches and area high school basketball games.
He has been featured at Enid's National Day of Prayer, Hennessey Hometown Hootenanny and the Miss Northwestern Oklahoma State University pageant in Alva.
"I don't even take singing lessons. God just gave me the gift," said Lucas, who enjoys playing at the park, swimming and building with Legos.
Among his favorite audiences are his brother, Nathan, 12, who has autism, and his next-door neighbor, "Grandma Beth" Casida.
"I like to sing to everybody, but I don't like to sing to bad people," he said. "Well, I could sing to them and make them better."
Bright future
When the family began planning a trip to Minnesota to celebrate her father-in-law's 75th birthday, Bridget Ciliberti decided that hearing Lucas sing in public for the first time would be a great gift.
She called Andy Price, the Minnesota Twins' director of game presentation and broadcast.
The family's visit was over July 4 weekend, when the team traditionally has someone sing "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch. Price invited Lucas to audition over the phone.
"He doesn't sound 5," Price said. "It was very good, especially for a 5-year-old."
The crowd of more than 30,000 at the July 30 game was the biggest Lucas had ever faced. Despite the distractions, including the Metrodome's echo, Twins public address announcer Adam Abrams said the boy did well and got a good cheer from the crowd.
Although he was a bit nervous at the game, Lucas said he wants to keep singing in front of big crowds all over the world.
He aspires to become a professional singer and one day sing for the president, Jesus, God, Santa Claus and "all people everywhere."
After working with him during her four-week music camp in Enid, Mitchell believes Lucas has the talent, looks and desire to succeed in the music business.
"I just think he can go far. Who knows which way his talent can lead him? I just think he's got the full package," Mitchell said.